Remembering a Dutch Partisan
TruusMenger-OVersteegen, rest in peace, by Pepijn Brandon, via Jacobin On Saturday, July 2, Truus Menger-Oversteegen, sculptress and member of the…
From the archives: Vital Lessons of the Paris Commune 145 Years on
A brief look into our history and inspiration. The image is from the poster of the movie The New Babylon,…
The strange history of opiates in America: from morphine for kids to heroin for soldiers
Societies divide drugs in angels and demons. Lots of the demons though have useful effects and there is no reason…
Zwarte Piet, a Bitter Treat? Racial Issues in The Netherlands and the U.S.
In the spring of 2010 seven hundred students and faculty gathered at a town hall meeting at Northwestern University to…
2.Dh5: Beweging zonder (voor)geschiedenis?
Het eerste weekend van februari vindt in Den Haag de 9e editie van het 2.Dh5-festival plaats. Het festival is een…
Zwarte Piet debate: A brief history of blackface
It’s the week of Halloween again and, evidently, it’s the season for people around the world to put on blackface.…
“8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance”
Clinical psychologist Bruce E. Levine explains how “the ruling elite has created social institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken…
Good reads during summer: “The Wretched of the Earth” (Frantz Fanon) & “Orientalism” (Edward Said)
The summer of 2013 has started. Time to read books you should have read long ago – but never got…
1 of may: The story of May Day
“THERE WILL be a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today.” Those were…
International Women’s Day: A History
International Women’s Day (8 March) was originally a socialist holiday established in 1911 by the Marxist Socialist International and is…