The marijuana friendly, Danish counter-culture enclave of Christiania is in trouble, according to an article in the UK newspaper
The Independent , "On the barricades: Trouble in a hippie paradise." The intro to the article, authored by Cahal Milmo, reads:
[Christiania] was set up in the heart of Copenhagen as an antidote to the selfish society. But Europe's most famous commune is under threat from a right-wing government determined to 'normalise' this relic of the 1970s.
The
Legalise Cannabis Alliance (UK) has video footage of what looks like a pretty serious police raid posted to YouTube -- there are links to more video there too.
We published a Chronicle news feature in January 2004 when
hash sellers on Pusherstrasse burned their own stands in protest of a looming government crackdown, and again two months later when
the trouble hit .
Reason's Kerry Howley provides some "fun facts" about Christiania
here .
Why not just leave the hippies alone, conservative Danish government (and US government)?