“We Are Today… WGA!” German Writers Show Strike Solidarity At Cologne Cathedral Protest
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: “We are today… WGA!” was the cry outside Cologne Cathedral yesterday evening in Germany, where around 50 protestors held a rally in solidarity with their WGA counterparts in the U.S.
The demo was pulled together as part of the global Screenwriters Everywhere protests, which encompassed 20 locations around the world.
On the ground in Germany were a mix of local writers and WGA members from the U.S. carrying placards and red whistles. Don Schubert, a German-Canadian writer and director for German networks such as ZDF, led the protests, shouting messages of solidarity with the WGA through a megaphone.
Though relatively small, there was a carnival-like atmosphere as writers posed for pictures and their children and dogs ran through the prongs of tourists there to see the mighty 157m cathedral — the largest of its kind in the world.
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