Demo Diary: Thank F*ck for FuPa!
Before heading out to F*ck Parade last Saturday, I saw a tweet that described the streetparty-demonstration as being 'anti-everything'. I don't think that's necessarily true. It's true that FuPa (as it's also known) was founded in 1997 as an antidote to the Love Parade; as a way for Berlin's underground ravers to extend a middle finger at the hyper-commercial parade that had branded their city. It's true that the Fuck Parade sometimes attracts a few macho types who think that it's an excuse to barge through dense crowds, instead of dancing. And it's true that the parade's political message usually consists of a series of banners with words like 'Tourismuscheizze' and 'Gentrification' crossed out on them. But I think that the Fuck Parade pulls loads of people to Berlin year after year because of what it stands for, not because of what it stands against . It stands for the no-frills unity tha...