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Only if racism belonged to a completely cooled-down part of our history, a past redeemed of all potential racist reminiscences it can contain for the present, only then could using the n-word in headline of review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book be morally justified. Only in that ideal situation the NRC-reader’s revulsion could be considered as only a empathic illustration
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On March 20 the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (IMWU) for the first time showed the impressive documentary “Dispereert Niet” (“Do not despair”) about Indonesian migrant workers without a residence permit in the Netherlands. The film illustrates how difficult life in illegality is but it does not portray the migrants as “sad cases”. On the contrary, film maker Irwan Ahmett clearly
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Public opinion happily condemns systemic racism and excessive police force in other countries, but racist police violence is far from limited to the US. It is easy to denounce someone else’s racism. Few Europeans, for one, would easily overlook the pressing issue with racist police violence in the US. The average liberal newspaper goes at length to praise the #BlackLivesMatter
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Türkiye ve dünya çapinda en çok soruşturmaya ve tutuklanmaya maruz kalan ülkelerin başinda geliyor. Cumhurbaşkanı Erdogan 12 yillik Iktidari doneminde basın ve yayın kuruluslarinin büyük bir bolumu kendi güdümünde almiş durumda. Kendini eleştiren muhalefet basini baski altına alan Erdogan en son kendisi hakkında eleştirel bir makale yayınlayan “New York Times’i“, Yerini, bil, sinirini bil demeye kadar vardirdi. Baski rejiminin hedefinde
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The action group Michiel the Robber in which Doorbraak also participates, recently announced a protest action against the colonialist and nationalistic content of the movie “Michiel de Ruyter”. Subsequently a fierce public debate burst out regarding this hooligan of the sea. The media and other parties are currently firing all sorts of questions at our action group. So it is
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Anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim racism in the European Union: why we must get rid of the Left’s ambiguities and fight together these two evils, without capitulating in front of the (Left and Right) identitarians who want to divide us. Around 1,1 millions Jews live in the European Union and 19 million Muslims. It’s obviously very difficult to compare the situation of
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L’organisation britannique Boycott Workfare appelle à une semaine internationale d’action contre le travail obligatoire et les sanctions dont sont victimes les allocataires, du 25 avril au 2 mai. Le groupe néerlandais Doorbraak soutient cette initiative et appelle les travailleurs et les organisations aux Pays-Bas à se mobiliser eux aussi. Dans les deux pays plusieurs actions ont déjà été planifiées. Rejoignez-nous,
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In het Nederlands En Français Translation: Frodo Tromp The British organisation Boycott Workfare calls for an international week of action against workfare and sanctions for people claiming benefits, from 25 April until 2 May. Doorbraak supports this initiative and also calls people and organisations in the Netherlands to take action. In both countries already several actions have been planned. Join
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Last week some of us “were” Charlie. Or maybe we “were” Ahmet. Or wouldn’t it be better if all of us “were” Nigerians right now? In fact, last summer we “were all Palestinians”, and just a few months ago all of us “could not breathe”. This expression of commitment to the victims of violence or oppression is certainly not new
Verder lezen Reageren?Freedom of speech is an eternal source of discussion. We keep talking about it. But let’s be honest: do we actually have freedom of speech? And I don’t mean that we have the freedom to say: “I am against this government”. We also we’re not talking about the fact that “the Constitution states that…”. And we certainly don’t talk about
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