“There are no wars and conflicts because we have not rearmed enough, but rearmed too much”, said the organisers. Switzerland should invest in the fight against risks such as gender-based violence, racism, poverty, climate change and pandemics, rather than in the army.
Easter marches have been held in Switzerland since the 1960s. In Bern, the tradition lost ground towards the end of the Cold War, but was resurrected in 2003 after the US invasion of Iraq.
The Swiss capital’s Easter march starts on the outskirts of the city at Eichholz, follows the Aare to the old town and ends on Cathedral Square.
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