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Hello dear
peace activists.

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My name is Christopher.

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I'm coming off the night shift at the
airport where you're all marching to.

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Thank you very much
for preparing this.

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Thank you very much
for doing this.

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As airport workers,
it is also very important to us

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that our work,
of which we are so proud,

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- we conduct global trade there
and connect the world -

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that this work does
not serve the war effort.

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That our hands

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do not serve war.

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In this sense, from many
of my colleagues, as well

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who are not here today because of
the night shift, from my department

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from the off-load,
which I represent

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as a shop steward
from the Verdi trade union,

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also from
many others:

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Solidarity greetings
to you here today.

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A few years ago,
there was also a leaflet

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by militant ver.di
activists who said

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that our work should not
serve the war effort.

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You are holding a
demonstration at an airport,

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where this is already
an issue!

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Where it is also
well known.

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And with us
in the off-load,

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a department where containers
are unloaded from airplanes,

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we open them, take
the parcels out with our hands,

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we lift these containers that weight
up to six tonnes with our hands

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and then we
also see what's inside.

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And I know from
my work,

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I had packages from
Rheinmetall, for example

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in my hands, and then
you really feel bad.

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You don't really want
to transport that!

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The other day
in a container

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there was a note
and I then looked

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if it was a consignment note
so that it could be forwarded.

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But no, it was
just information.

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This container had
increased priority

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because it contained military goods,
and that's just not acceptable,

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that something like that
is even prioritised!

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Somewhere in the world
wars are then fought with it

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and we're supposed
to even

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process it faster in order to
fight these wars more efficiently.

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So I am really
strongly opposed to that.

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And I hope that this
movement here today

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sends a very strong signal, that it
begins today and continues to march on.

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We are making
this first march today,

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but I hope
that there will be many more,

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that this peace movement
will also become established,

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that more and more colleagues
from our airport,

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where, thanks to you, this has now
become a much bigger issue,

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that this topic
continues to be discussed,

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that more and more colleagues
are also joining in.

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Because we cannot
rely on

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DHL somehow
coming to the realisation

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That they will stop
delivering these weapons.

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For them, it's
a huge business.

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There are more and more
wars,

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there are more and more things
that are also nice and heavy.

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You can make really
good money with that,

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especially if they're
in a hurry...

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And that we trust in our
own strength.

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Because I also know from other
countries, such as Greece and Italy,

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that there are ports that
simply close down!

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We'll be shut down if
they know there are containers here,

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they're also going to
Israel, they're going to war.

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Personally, I hope
that we can get there too.

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That you can do your work
there with a clear conscience
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Finally, two
more things:

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Firstly, things
we have discussed

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or demands that I am
now bringing to the table.

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One is: Workers
don't shoot at workers.

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That is very
important to us.

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And the other is, perhaps
also as a slogan:

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‘No transport
for genocide’

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Danke.