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What do we mean when we go out on the streets and call for climate justice? That the climate crisis does not affect all people and places equally, many people are aware of that. But what should not be forgotten is that many of the solutions being put forward at the international level threaten to repeat colonial patterns of dispossession and
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By 2030, the emissions of the richest 10 percent of humanity will exceed the limits of the Paris climate accords, even if the rest of the world emits nada, nope, zero. That is, at least, if we don’t unleash the revolution. The richest 1 percent emitted more than twice as much as the poorest 50 percent of the earth in
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The speech by Itaï van de Wal of Utrecht in Solidarity with Palestine (USP) at the MayDay celebration in Utrecht. Last year in May, 2021, on May 18 Palestinians from the river to the sea went on a general strike. This marked the instigation or the birth of the Unity Intifada. They protested the apartheid and settler colonial regime that’s
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The speech by WT of F*word, last Sunday at the Mayday celebration in Utrecht. Today we are celebrating Mayday. Its weird we aren’t free on this day in the Netherlands. Instead we are free on a day of to celebrate the birthday of a parasite named Willem-Alexander. Fuck the monarchy! Anyway, I want to talk about labour and feminism. Labour
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The speech by two members of Horeca United, last Sunday at the Mayday celebration in Utrecht. Hello, we’re Horeca United, a newly founded collective of hospitality workers, for hospitality workers by hospitality workers, in Amsterdam. Together, we’re building a grassroots solidarity network for everyone employed in the hospitality service. Our goal is to create better working conditions, because it’s bad
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It’s time for a first retrospective on the #voor14 campaign, seen from Doorbraak. Of course we cannot evaluate the campaign as a whole, because we were only a small part of it and the FNV was not always very transparent towards the grassroots. But what we can talk about was our role in Leiden, where we took the initiative, and
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This call for support and solidarity deserves an intersectional approach. This is our statement: Amidst destruction and terror caused by Russian occupying forces, Ukranian people are bravely defending themselves and organizing internationally to stop the war and support those affected by it. People in Russia too are protesting against the war and are facing violent repression. We want to amplify
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On the 24th of February the looming nightmare of a Russian invasion in Ukraine became reality. After years of war in the Donbass region, in which the Russian army was covertly involved, the kleptocratic dictatorial regime of the Russian Federation has overtly attacked Ukraine. This crime is a continuation of the imperialist aggression that the Russian Federation has enacted on
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Remember this heartbreaking video of a father who says goodbye to his daughter to stay and fight for Ukraine? Well, it turns out that this video was made days before the invasion – in the separatist Donetsk republic. If this man will fight, it is probably on the Russian side. Does this make the video any less heartbreaking? No, it
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On February 14th some 40 people protested in The Hague in solidarity with sex workers and especially trans sex workers of color. It was cold and it continually rained, but the atmosphere was energetic and warm. The soup made by members of the Haagse Stads Partij (HSP) certainly helped. There were some very strong speeches. Here’s the one by Stephanie
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