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With “Pedro and the Captain” Benedetti offered hope and dignity in times of repression (bookreview)

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As police violence and harassment of demonstrators is growing in the Netherlands lately, and even people being followed to their homes, “Pedro and the Captain” is becoming more relevant than ever. Though set in a different time and place, Mario Benedetti’s play speaks with alarming clarity to the abuse of state power and the quiet strength of resistance. Mario Benedetti,

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On Elon Musk, DOGE, memes and extreme-right clown politics

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On 29th November last year Florian Cramer was interviewed on the podcast “Corso – Kunst & Pop” by Deutschlandradio. Here’s a translation in English. For a Dutch version see here. Bernd Lechler: Donald Trump has announced the creation of an agency to reduce bureaucracy during his upcoming term in office and has also filled the top positions. Megabillionaire Elon Musk

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Mathijs van de Sande at Nijmegen protest against education budget cuts: “All that is left to us is to strike!”

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Wednesday 250 staff members and students of Radboud University cycled to Nijmegen City Hall to ask our fellow city members and city administration for support in our struggle against budget cuts. GroenLinks-PvdA MP Lisa Westerveld gave a great speech on how our extreme Right government undermines democracy. Here’s my speech. Dear colleagues, dear students First of all, I would like

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How Israeli hooligans fueled fascism in the Netherlands

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On the 6th and 7th of November, fascist goons from Maccabi Tel Aviv descended on the streets of Amsterdam, chanting proudly about murdered children in Gaza, while assaulting local houses, passers-by and taxi drivers that appeared pro-Palestinian or Arab. As the police failed to protect its own citizens, some took matters into their own hands and started striking back, wounding

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The view that demonstrations should speak with “one voice” is rather undemocratic

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Yesterday, in several cities in the Netherlands academics and students protested against budget cuts on higher education. A substantial part of the demonstrators also wants to use this opportunity to draw attention to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. But what exactly is the connection between them? First, it needs to be explained that our extreme right government is planning to

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“I am not unreasonable” – how Irshaad Kariman funds his luxurious lifestyle on the backs of refugee workers

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The latest Horeca United/Vloerwerk campaign highlights the precarious situation of refugee Ukrainian workers, as well as the unscrupulous entrepreneurs who take advantage of this. Through an episode of BOOS, the spotlight has been placed on one of them, Irshaad Mohammed Ashif Kariman. And although Kariman has been put on notice, the payment arrears have not yet been cleared. His story

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Why Indigenous Reparations for Piet Heyn’s Colonial Crimes are Relevant for Climate Justice Today

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Introduction to the real story behind Piet Heyn’s ‘heroic’ deed “Piet Heyn!, Piet Heyn!, Piet Heyn zijn naam is klein,Zijn daden bennen groot, zijn daden bennen grootHij heeft gewonnen de zilveren vloot,Die heeft gewonnen, gewonnen de Zilvervloot.” These words will be familiar to many Dutch people, as they will have learned this song in school. Piet Heyn, the subject of

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Leiden Canal Pride – How stone-cold municipal bureaucracy led to violence against queer activists

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On Saturday, September 2nd of last year, during Leiden Pride, queer activists were driven away and enclosed in the morning, and beaten by the police in the afternoon. The following week, the mayor lied about this in the city council, where five people spoke out about the police violence. This prompted Leiden activists, including those from Doorbraak who were present

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Book of complaints: Bijstandsbond urges unemployed to report poor treatment by client managers

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Logo van de Bijstandsbond.

The Bijstandsbond [Association of Welfare Recipients] calls on all welfare recipients across the country to report the frequent poor treatment by client managers for a book of complaints, in which we aim to expose practices across various municipalities. In Amsterdam, we have observed that some client managers exert significant pressure on the sick and disabled to perform volunteer work. Although

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Leiden Canal Pride – Why the municipality did not provide an objective answer about police violence

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On Saturday, September 2nd of last year, during Leiden Pride, queer activists were driven away and enclosed in the morning, and beaten by the police in the afternoon. The following week, the mayor lied about this in the city council, where five people spoke out about the police violence. This prompted Leiden activists, including those from Doorbraak who were present

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