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In 2016 Doorbraak activist Jennifer van Leijen initiated a campaign to stop the Dutch government from subsidizing blackface (Zwarte Piet or Black Pete) on children’s television. More than 12.000 people already signed. Van Leijen regularly writes updates. Here is number 16 (also read numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6/7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15). The
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On Thursday, March 15 demonstrators from Utrecht housing action group We Want Housing (We Want Woonruimte) and Bond Precaire Woonvormen gathered at the Janskerkhof to publicly present their list of demands to the university, municipality, and housing corporation. Comprised of both students and residents of Utrecht, the groups organized Thursday’s protest as a result of a housing crisis in the
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Today are the parliamentary elections in Italy. Things are not looking good: according to the polls, the coalition of Silvio Berlusconi and Matteo Salvini is likely to win a majority of seats. It would not only mean Berlusconi’s return to power (although he will not be able to take up the premiership himself, as he’s been convicted of corruption). As
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Yesterday was the international day of action against the expulsion of refugees to Afghanistan. Approximately three hundred people attended in Utrecht, including a considerable number of Afghan refugees. Besides Utrecht there were also demonstrations in Amsterdam, Nijmegen and Maastricht. And there were campaigns in various other European countries, such as Sweden, Germany, Poland, Austria, Ireland, Latvia and Belgium. Altogether thousands
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In 2016 Doorbraak activist Jennifer van Leijen initiated a campaign to stop the Dutch government from subsidizing blackface (Zwarte Piet or Black Pete) on children’s television. More than 12.000 people already signed. Van Leijen regularly writes updates. Here is number 15 (also read numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6/7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14). There’s a
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In 2016 Doorbraak activist Jennifer van Leijen initiated a campaign to stop the Dutch government from subsidizing blackface (Zwarte Piet or Black Pete) on children’s television. More than 12.000 people already signed. Van Leijen regularly writes updates. Here is number 14 (also read numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6/7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13). After one of
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Depuis plus de dix ans, Jeffry Pondaag, président du Comité fondateur pour les dettes d’honneur néerlandaises, poursuit en justice avec succès l’État néerlandais en collaboration avec l’avocate Liesbeth Zegveld et les victimes de la guerre coloniale en Indonésie. En raison de ces procès, il est devenu de plus en plus difficile pour l’Etat de dissimuler les violences coloniales commises pendant
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Beaucoup de choses sensées ont été dites et écrites sur les événements de Charlottesville, et sur la nécessité d’un mouvement antifasciste militant, large et international et internationaliste. Il est souvent (et à juste titre) soutenu qu’un tel mouvement exige également une présence plus forte dans la rue – surtout quand, et où, l’extrême droite essaie de se rassembler dans l’espace
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J’ai beaucoup de respect pour Gary Younge (1) et son travail. Je peux même comprendre sa tentative d’interviewer Richard Spencer, l’une des figures marquantes de la soi-disant “Alt-Right” (littéralement la “Droite alternative”, expression provenant de la novlangue qu’utilisent les néo-nazis). Gary Younge exprime sa réticence à entamer un dialogue avec cette personne: “Normalement, offrir à quelqu’un comme celui-là une dose
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Recently Doorbraak activist Joris Hanse was interviewed by Julia Alexeenko, a journalist connected to the independent medium 34mag.net from Belarus. Her article was published in Belarusian, Russian and English. Here’s the English version. Protesting against racism in the Netherlands, the home-country of liberalism? Joris Hanse, activist of the Doorbraak-group, is telling us why and how to fight capitalism, patriarchy, and
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