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No, this is not about incompetence. It’s a choice. A policy of exclusion signed by the far right and fully tolerated by the system. On April 3, 2025, the Netherlands became a little darker. The minister of Asylum, Marjolein Faber, refused to sign off on royal honors for five volunteers from the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers
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This is a partially extended and improved English version of the article “Ontregeling als esthetische ideologie, van Marinetti via experimentele kunsten, tegencultuur, neo-liberalisme tot Trump”, published in Metropolis M, no. 2/2025, p. 46-48). This English version first appeared on cramer.pleintekst.nl. Freeing oneself from rules and constraints has been an important aspect of the arts in their emancipation from authorities and regimes
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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 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
Verder lezen Reageren?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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Die Stiftung Fonds Burgerbewegingen hat ein Interview veröffentlicht mit Mitgliedern der neuen Kampagne #WijReizenSamen, an der sich auch Doorbraak beteiligt. Das Interview hat uns so gut gefallen, dass wir es hier in voller Länge wiedergeben. Wir präsentieren gerne die erste Reihe Stipendiaten des Fonds Burgerbewegingen. Diesmal geht es um #WijReizenSamen, eine Bewegung, die arbeitet für einen zugänglichen und Bezahlbaren öffentlichen
Verder lezen Reageren?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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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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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
Verder lezen Reageren?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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