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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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Den Haag, 10. September 2024. Heute Morgen um 7:00 Uhr besuchten zwei Mitglieder der Den Haager Abteilung der Kampagne #WijReizenSamen den Streikposten der Beschäftigten des kommunalen Verkehrsbetriebs HTM. Im Anlauf zum Streik, der heute Morgen zwischen 4:00 und 8:00 Uhr stattfand, hatten #WijReizenSamen-Aktivisten in Den Haag mehrmals Flugblätter über den Streik an Reisende verteilt. Der Streik protestiert gegen die angekündigte
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On Saturday, September 2nd of last year, during Leiden Pride, queer activists were driven away and enclosed in the morning, and beaten by the police in the afternoon. The following week, the mayor lied about this in the city council, where five people spoke out about the police violence. This prompted Leiden activists, including those from Doorbraak who were present
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The Bijstandsbond [Association of Welfare Recipients] calls on all welfare recipients across the country to report the frequent poor treatment by client managers for a book of complaints, in which we aim to expose practices across various municipalities. In Amsterdam, we have observed that some client managers exert significant pressure on the sick and disabled to perform volunteer work. Although
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On Saturday, September 2nd of last year, during Leiden Pride, queer activists were driven away and enclosed in the morning, and beaten by the police in the afternoon. The following week, the mayor lied about this in the city council, where five people spoke out about the police violence. This prompted Leiden activists, including those from Doorbraak who were present
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On September 2nd last year, during the Leiden Pride, queer activists were driven away and enclosed in the morning, then beaten by the police in the afternoon. The following week, the mayor lied about this incident during the same city council meeting where five people spoke out against the police violence. This series of events prompted Leiden activists, including members
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The following is a speech given by Tsolin Nalbantian, associate professor of Modern Middle East History at Leiden University, at the sit-in organized by Leiden for Palestine that took place in front of Leiden University’s Law School Faculty on May 30, 2024. I am really grateful to be here today – and I want to take a moment to point
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