Category Archives: Protest

Speech given by Ann Wertheimer at the Hands Off! Demonstration, April 5th, 2025

Video of Ann Wertheimer’s speech. My name is Ann Wertheimer and I am chair of American Voices Abroad Berlin. Our group has been together since we organized against the Iraq War in 2003. My parents were refugees from Nazi Germany. … Continue reading

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HANDS OFF! Demonstration on Saturday, April 5, 2025

This Saturday, decentralized Hands Off! demonstrations are taking place all over the United States as well as a few other places around the world, including  here in Berlin: TIME: Saturday, April 5, 2:00 PM PLACE: corner of Behrenstr. / Ebertstr. (behind U.S. … Continue reading

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Demo June 30 to Protest Immigration Atrocities

Saturday, June 30, AVAers will have another chance to protest the atrocities at the U.S.-Mexican border. We are joining The Coalition Berlin at Ebertstraße/Behrenstraße  at 1 pm. We hope to see lots of people there. Please bring your family and … Continue reading

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March for Our Lives March 24, 2018

Organized by AVA. With this rally at the Brandenburg Gate, Americans and Germans will show solidarity with the Parkland students’ initiative for strong gun control laws.   

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January 21 Women’s March

January 21 11 am: AVA is co-hosting the Women’s March along with Democrats Abroad Berlin and The Coalition Berlin and, hopefully, many other groups. Everybody welcome! Where: The meeting point will be at the Brandenburg Gate and the march will … Continue reading

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AVA at the Global Climate March on Nov. 29, 2015 in Berlin

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Global Climate March Sunday Nov. 29 – AVA meets at 11:45

Next Sunday, November 29, one day before the opening of the Paris climate conference, there will be demonstrations all over the world calling for 100% renewable energy by 2050. AVAers and their friends will be meeting at 11:45 a.m. outside the … Continue reading

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Protesting Guantánamo at the Brandenburg Gate

The chair of AVA-Berlin, Ann Wertheimer, spoke on January 11, 2012,  the 10th anniversary of the opening of the detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. American Voices Abroad Berlin joined Amnesty International Berlin-Brandenburg to mark this 10th anniversary and to … Continue reading

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In support of Occupy Wall Street at the Brandenburger Gate

October 15, 2011. More photos here.

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New York Occupy Wall Street Protests

AVA’s Jane Hartmann sends this photo from NYC on October 11, 2011

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