The Resistance Top 10
A Talk with Jutta Sundermann
The term Wutbürger, translatable as Angry Citizens, was hailed in Germany as Word of the Year 2010. However, some of the persons so designated prefer to turn things round and classify themselves as Mutbürger or Courageous Citizens. As such, they are committed to a society of greater solidarity, genuine co-determination, worldwide fair trade, an energy revolution and the continuation of traditional agriculture. Since, unfortunately, politicians sometimes seem to be working for other objectives, it‘s not surprising that there is a lot of anger, protest and contrarianism.
People offering resistance or alternative ideas are popular on account of their credibility and creativity. It is hoped that the chart of successful and unusual protest actions to be presented here will inspire others to take part in changing things and dispel that forlorn feeling of not being able to do anything in this world.