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In November 2014 two members of Parliament of Turkish origin, Tunahan Kuzu and Selcuk Öztürk, caused quite a stir in the PvdA after their party member and deputy prime minister Lodewijk Asscher announced that in the coming five years he will be investigating the Turkish religious organisations in the Netherlands. The Turkish term for such organisations is Cemaatler and they
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Racism is showing it’s ugly face in the Netherlands. The demonstrations against the racist Black Pete caricature generated reactions that make it crystal clear. We are often told by our supporters that the days of the so very “progressive and tolerant” Netherlands are really over. Our opponents claim that “they” have been quite “tolerant” towards “the allochtons” (= people from
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Doorbraak has published a lot of articles on the issue of forced labour for benefit claimants. The emphasis has mainly been on the regime they have to work under. But equally important is the substitution of regular paid work that is the consequence of forced labour. This substitution undermines the entire system of paid labour: why should an employer pay
Verder lezen Reageren?Les acteurs ou personnages blancs grimés en Noirs relèvent d’une sinistre période. Ces figures racistes devraient avoir leur place dans une exposition consacrée au colonialisme du XIXe siècle. Parce que le domestique noir de saint Nicolas nous ramène à l’année 1850, durant laquelle l’enseignant Jan Schenkman fit naître ce personnage dans son livre “Saint Nicolas et son serviteur”. Le mouvement
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Si personne ne veut – ou ne peut – être qualifié de “raciste” dans une société donnée, cela ne signifie pas pour autant que cette société serait immunisée contre le racisme. Aux Pays-Bas le débat sur Zwarte Piet (“Pierre le Noir”) a suscité beaucoup d’émotion. Une émotion bien plus grande que celle soulevée par les compressions budgétaires de plusieurs milliards
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For some time now Doorbraak has been active in Leiden against the introduction of forced labour for benefit recipients. During discussions the advocates of the regulation try to justify it with a whole range of arguments. Here you can read how to counter the most widely used arguments. Translated into English by Jet The original text in Dutch (January 3rd,
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The original text in Dutch On October 10, the action committee Dwangarbeid Nee (No to Workfare) will demonstrate during a regional meeting of Social Affairs aldermen from the west of the Netherlands. State secretary Jetta Klijnsma invited the aldermen to talk about the labour market. The committee Dwangarbeid Nee seizes the opportunity to demand the immediate abolishment of workfare, or
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Yesterday Doorbraak activist Jeroen Breekveldt delivered this talk in a cinema in Wageningen after the movie “Night moves”. A nice discussion ensued with about twenty participants. (Warning: this talk may contain spoilers) First I will introduce Doorbraak and myself. Doorbraak means “Break through”, and we want to break through barriers, especially those within the world of Left-wing groups. Doorbraak exists
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