The protests against the war preparations continue: students have been blocking three Hamburg schools since early morning. With the actions they protest against cuts in education, increasing militarization and the repression against protesters.

Since 7:30 a.m., students from the Max Brauer School, the Altona High School and the Allee High School have been blocking their schools. The reason is the ongoing Europe-wide youth protests, the increasing militarization of the federal government and the Hamburg Senate's cuts in the education sector.

“Yesterday there was a general strike in France, today we shut down three schools at the same time in Hamburg,” explains Bruno from the International Youth. "We are currently standing in front of the Altona high school and demanding an end to the cuts, an end to the genocide in Palestine and an end to conscription and the German state's war preparations. We see how the German state is preparing to send us into its wars and to make us die for it with any incentives."

“School against war”

The protest follows on from the youth protests in Hamburg, which have been going on for several weeks. On October 14th, students from the Max Brauer School blocked their school for several hours. They had demanded that the school management publicly show solidarity with the French protesting students and teachers and work with other school management in Hamburg against the Hamburg Senate's cuts.

“Education instead of war!”: Students block the Max Brauer School in Hamburg

The anti-militarist student organization School Against War, which is active in various schools in Altona and Hamburg, is behind the protests. They were founded in May 2025 to work together against the planned compulsory military service in schools. They have been part of the student movement against conscription since November 2025 and were involved in the first student blockade in Hamburg in October 2026.

In an interview withYoung worldA student at the Max Brauer School and an activist at School Against War reported violence by teachers during the first blockade: "The teacher deliberately twisted the finger of a young person who was wearing a keffiyeh and broke his thumb. The young person also had to go to the hospital. Then the teacher showed an Israel flag on his cell phone, stood in front of the blockade and demanded that weapons be sent to Israel." So far there have been no consequences; the school administration is still investigating the incident.

Again blockades

Since the school management has not yet made any noticeable efforts to meet the students' demands, they are now blocking the school again. The students from the Altona high school and the Allee high school also joined in this time. “No cuts to our schools, good prospects after school, no exams on November 20th, solidarity with France,” write the students of the Allee high school on a banner hanging in front of the school. The students of the Altona high school demand: “1. No cuts 2. No conscription 3. Solidarity with France 4. Against police violence!”

The first blockades were cleared after around two hours. In some cases, the police tried to record students’ personal details. A joint demonstration starts at 11 a.m. at Holstenplatz.

Abolition of the civil clause: Police forcibly break up occupation of lecture halls in Kassel

In the previous days there had also been blockades and occupations at several universities and colleges. In Kassel, students occupied a lecture hall on Wednesday after it became known that the university management had abolished the civil clause by resolution. On Thursday morning there were protests against cuts and militarization at several universities in Berlin and Hildesheim.

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