(A*dam) Vrankrijk info evening

Info evening about the current state and the future of the Vrankrijk.

 Where: MKZ, Eerste Schinkelstraat 16, Amsterdam
When: Monday 6th of December, 19:00.

Fri 6 dec, Lecture: the Populist Phenomenon

Fri 6 dec, Lecture: the Populist Phenomenon
Monday 6 December, 20hrs, Schijnheilig / Amsterdam
Lecture the Populist Phenomenon


[English]

These last years we have seen an impressive resurgence of populist movements. Whether it's the PVV in the Netherlands, the Tea Party in the United States, or Berlusconi and the Lega Nord in Italy: it is no longer a marginal phonemenon. Despite the political success of these movements, the political response is often limited to moral condemnation and political underestimation. On this night we will look at the strategy and imagery of right wing populism. The goal is to find ingredients for a possible counterstrategy of the left.

Programme:

* Merijn Oudenampsen (editor of Jaarboek Kritiek and Open Cahier) will focus on Wilders and the swing to the right in the Netherlands.
* Luisa Lorenza Corna (designer connected to the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht) will focus on the use of imagery by the Lega Nord in Italy.
* After a short break, we will continue with a selection of populist promotion films, amongst which Sarah Palin figures as Grizzly Mum, Silvio Berlusconi is eulogized in karaoke and Jörg Haider stars as super athlete.

This night is being organised on the occasion of the appearance of a theme issue on populism of Jaarboek Kritiek. We will also have a sneak preview of the new populism edition of Open Cahier.

Time: Monday 6 December, 20 hrs.
Location: Schijnheilig, Passeerdersgracht 23, Amsterdam

Mama Cash campagne 'Dit jaar nog'

Mama Cash campagne 'Dit jaar nog'

Tot het eind van dit jaar voert Mama Cash de campagne 'Dit jaar nog!'. Want het is bijna 2011, maar nog altijd krijgen miljoenen meisjes en vrouwen te maken met geweld, onderdrukking en discriminatie.


Mama Cash campagnefilmpje

Mama Cash campagne "Dit jaar nog!"

Amsterdam, 25 november 2010. Vandaag start Mama Cash haar nieuwe campagne 'Dit jaar nog'. Want het is bijna 2011, maar nog altijd krijgen miljoenen meisjes en vrouwen te maken met geweld, onderdrukking en discriminatie.

Maria, Yahar en Dedika zijn de hoofdrolspelers in de campagne. Zij staan symbool voor miljoenen vrouwen die verandering eisen. Met de campagne vraagt Mama Cash geld om nog minstens drie vrouwengroepen financieel te kunnen steunen. Want om zich goed te organiseren en een vuist te maken, hebben deze vrouwengroepen wel geld nodig.

Onder die organisaties, bevindt zich Pro-Hope in Gambia, een actiegroep tegen verkrachting, besnijdenis en huiselijk geweld. Maar ook ATRAHDOM, actief tegen intimidatie, geweld en onderbetaling van arbeidsters in Guatemala. En het Georgische WISG, dat zich verzet tegen discriminatie van lesbische en biseksuele vrouwen.

Nieuwsgierig? Bekijk hier het campagnefilmpje: www.mamacash.nl/filmpje

Volg Mama Cash op:
- Twitter:  http://twitter.com/mamacash/
- Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/mamacashfund
- Hyves:  http://mamacashhyve.hyves.nl/

E-Mail: mamacash-pr@mamacash.nl Website: http://www.mamacash.nl/filmpje

SAINT NICHOLAS'S AGAINST RACISM Action - Movie

Like every year also this one black saint against racism its doing his educational action. Here it's the movie

And here the speech for kids from last year:

SAINT NICHOLAS'S AGAINST RACISM

When a child of five years says to his

school teacher :

"He can't be Saint Nicholas"

And the school teacher asks:

"Why not"

To which the five year old boy replies:

" Because his skin is black"

You may wonder why I am dressed as

Saint Nicholas with a black face.

To which I will reply:

"WHY NOT"?

This question was asked recently by a five year old boy in a Dutch school.

                                           

Some believe that the Caucasian race is by far superior to all other races. This is racism, it is called White Supremacism. Racism can be expressed subtly, this being much harder to identify. White Supremacism can be expressed overtly and accepted by mainstream in a blink of an eye, without questioning such overt antics. Picture this, a white bearded figure named Saint Nicholas sitting on a white horse, and wearing religious red bishop robes. Let's not forget Christians associated the colour black with evil and degradation. His submissive slave/servant named Zwarte Piete, who has supposedly evolved from a devil and was miraculously tamed by that wonderful white supremacist Saint Nicholas. Others say that Pete is an Ethiopian slave freed by that pure and very white Saint.So as it goes Zwarte Piete symbolized the devil, a joker who was submissive, frightening and disobedient. Anyone who shouts 'It's Dutch Tradition' is using this to block intelligent analysis and maintain the status quo of negative stereotyping. Get educated and read about the Dutch History of Colonialism and Slavery and stuff Tradition where the 'Sun Doesn't Shine'

from http://www.doorbraak.eu

Filmpje tegen racistische traditie van Zwarte Piet

Zwarte Piet staat in een lange traditie van Europees racisme versus Afrikanen

De VARA heeft een spraakmakend filmpje gemaakt over het racistische fenomeen Zwarte Piet. Daarin komt Avelino aan het woord, die vindt dat Zwarte Piet een karikatuur van zwarte mensen is en daarom moet verdwijnen. "Sinterklaas en zijn Zwarte Pieten zorgen voor een verkeerde beeldvorming onder kinderen en herinneren ons op een verkeerde manier aan de slavernij", stelt hij. Samen met de kunstenaars Annette Krauss en Petra Bauer heeft Doorbraak eerder al kritiek geleverd op de koloniale cultuur van de oude wijze baas Sinterklaas en zijn dommige dansende knecht Zwarte Piet. In andere landen wordt her en der wel stevig kritiek geleverd op Zwarte Piet en op bijvoorbeeld de Zwarte Piet-achtige Golliwog-pop. Maar in Nederland blijkt actie tegen de black face-traditie van Zwarte Piet helaas te kunnen rekenen op massaal rechts-populistisch gescheld en getier.

Harry Westerink

And some history:
The first voices that protested against Black Peter came from the former Dutch colony Surinam where the holiday was also a national celebration. When Surinam received its status of independence in 1975, the black slave was abolished. A new movement came into existence that searched for new positive images of black people. Representations of blacks as docile and submissive were no longer accepted. "Saint Nicholas" was changed into a black figure called "Good Father" and accompanied by black "employees". This change may seem minor but also in Surinam the myth of the white saint and his black slave was difficult to contest or criticise. For example, in 1970 writer Astrid Roemer was a High School teacher who refused to celebrate the holiday at school. She talked to her colleques and the principle of the school, but they refused to listen to her arguments. The day of the celebration she did not appear at the school. She was fired the next day.

In the seventies a lot of Surinamese people migrated to the Netherlands due to the political circumstances in their home country. Their presence led to a re-evaluation of the ways the Dutch dealt with their colonial history and their images of black people. Again Black Peter was scrutinised, only this time in a context where the majority of society was white. Blacks had already experienced the insult of hearing "Black Peter!" shouted at them on the streets in Paramaribo (as they were associated with the figure), but the person shouting was often black himself. In the Netherlands they entered a society that hardly knew anything about them; the only images white people were familiar with were stereotypes like 'Black Peter'. In response to the insult of the stereotype some Surinamese people refused to send their children to school when "Saint Nicholas" was celebrated, others urged for alternatives like a red or blue "Peter" in stead of a black one. For a while the yellow, blue, red painted versions of "Black Peter" were successful but as the protest-voices declined the Black version of Peter dominated the eighties.

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Kamer: illegalen helpen mag

Kamer: illegalen helpen mag

Mensen die illegalen helpen, moeten daar niet voor gestraft worden. Kerken, artsen en andere burgers mogen niet de dupe worden van het strafbaar stellen van illegaal verblijf in Nederland.

Dat vindt een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer, bleek dinsdag tijdens een debat met minister Gerd Leers voor Immigratie en Asiel over zijn begroting.

Het kabinet van VVD en CDA heeft in het regeerakkoord opgenomen dat illegaliteit strafbaar wordt. Zo kunnen criminelen en illegalen die overlast veroorzaken beter het land uitgezet worden. Maar hulpverleners zou dan ook straf boven het hoofd hangen, omdat ze medeplichtig worden aan een strafbaar feit.

CDA'er Raymond Knops vroeg minister Leers om strafuitsluiting te regelen voor mensen die illegalen om humanitaire redenen helpen. De regeringspartij sloot zich hiermee aan bij het pleidooi van veel oppositiepartijen.




- niet dat we ons iets van hun praatjes zouden moeten aantrekken in het helpen van personen, maar toch.. -

Acquittal for rebel clowns? / Vrijspraak voor rebel clowns?

Beautifoooool; what a day! Snow everywhere, trains with delay, the sun is shining in our hearts and yeahhh Tuesday, Nov. 30th was also the moment the Collegial Court (3 judges!) had their session, starting shortly after 10.00, in the Palace of Justice in Den Bosch...

Nederlandse tekst volgt / Dutch text will follow

Do you remember? May 23st 2009 neo-nazi's of the NVU (Dutch Peoples Union / Nederlandse Volks Unie) demonstrated in Den Bosch. Of course there were all kind of protests. Antifa initiatives, many people from the neighbourhood and also clowns from 'The National Duckies Front'
 http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2009/05/59649.shtml

Februari 23rd 2010 the first clown had to visit the court. It was far too complicated for just 1 judge...
 http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2010/02/65541.shtml
An extra round was needed at the Collegial Court (Meervoudige Kamer)

October 20th 2010 the organisation 'Don'tLetThemWalk' published a black book about everything what went wrong in Den Bosch when the NVU marched and people tried to protest. Loads of stories (in Dutch), including the experiences from 5 rebel clowns
 http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2010/10/70454.shtml

November 30th 2010 finally the first rebel clown got the attention she needed from the Collegial Court. After a short welcome by one of the judges the prosecutor started: "Let's keep it short", she said. Followed by lines about the confusion she experienced reading the reports and the strange attempts to get clowns to court: one clown already got a letter they shouldn't prosecute him, one clown never got any letter, 3 other clowns each got a different proposal for a fine.

The first of these last 3 was today's case.

Yeahhh and as 'National Duckies Front' they did exactly the same. Even the prosecutor couldn't understand what happened by the police and the prosecution. She said: "It's a strange way of acting". She confirmed the clowns didn't act against article 184 (about not following police orders, etc). Her c(l)o(w)nclusion was loud an clear: "There are too many loose ends in this case!".
That's why she proposed acquittal.

Great! Finally a prosecutor understands the meaning of red noses!

Then the lawyer started his plea. He had a very good and long story. All charges asked for, no screamed for acquittal. Next to it he gave all 3 judges and the prosecutor the black book published by 'Don'tLetThemWalk'.

Hopefully it will make clear clowns and many other people should be free to express themselves on moments neo-nazi's are marching through the streets!

Judge's ruling expected Tuesday, Dec. 14th.


The black book is still available in bookshops like Rooie Rat and Fort van Sjakoo, etc. (special issue Alert! October 2010, 3,50 euro)

E-Mail: rebelact@ddh.nl Website: http://www.rebelact.nl

Verhoging collegegeld van 3000 euro bij studievertraging!

Hallo Allemaal,

Op onderstaande site valt te lezen dat volgens het nieuwe regeerakkoord iedereen die studievertraging oploopt (ongeacht de reden) vanaf aankomend studiejaar 2011/2012, 3000 euro EXTRA collegegeld gaat betalen (dus bovenop de 1678 euro dat het nu is) en zijn/haar OV-kaart kwijt raakt. Wat de meeste mensen niet weten is dat dit ook geldt voor zittende studenten. Het geldt dus niet alleen voor studenten die pas in 2011/2012 beginnen, maar ook voor ons. Het maakt niet uit of je al een studie achter de rug hebt of een diploma hebt gehaald. Dat wordt dus 4678 euro collegegeld per extra studiejaar!

UReka (universiteitsraadpartij) probeert zoveel mogelijk studenten op te roepen om de petitie te tekenen. Doen jullie dat ook samen met
jullie medestudenten? Het kan op onderstaande site!

http://minimaalnominaal.nl//index.php

Teken de petitie en stuur deze mail alsjeblieft aan zoveel mogelijk mensen door! Er is maar een maand tijd dus laat je stem nu horen!