By Joanna Sowińska Living in a country such as the Netherlands sometimes makes people forget about their basic privileges. While the ability to shower once or twice a day may appear marginal to people in most developed countries, two-thirds of the global population (4 billion people) and close to halfContinue Reading
By Helena Reinders This article builds upon the previously written articles regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. If you have not read those, we advise you to do so before continuing. As the Black Lives Matter movement and protests across the US rage on, we want to provide you withContinue Reading
By Eugenia Valais Now, as the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests are getting less coverage in mass media, and the U.S. is making attempts towards police reform in cities like Minneapolis, L.A., and more, the movement’s momentum seems to be dwindling in popular culture. What remains is the division betweenContinue Reading
By Caitlin Elston-Weidinger The events of the first half of 2020 have been an aberration from normalcy for some, and a continued intersection of class and racial struggles for others. In the wake of the soft-reopening of most cities around the world, our attention has veered from the global pandemicContinue Reading
By Juni Moltubak Neither unforeseen, nor unexpected, but yet shocking and disruptive. The death of George Floyd caused global reverberations across political, social, and emotional spectra. In addition, this wave of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests has to a large degree spread online, amplifying its transnational and transcultural scope. BLMContinue Reading
By Helena Reinders Must have reads, podcasts, and more. “It’s not about Black Lives Matter, it’s about learning what that means.” – Frederick Joseph Oftentimes, popular TV-shows and dramas quickly brush over the subject of police violence in the US, especially towards its black citizens. Take for example ER, seasonContinue Reading
By Zuzanna Mietlińska & Joanna Sowińska There are many ways you can protest these days. You can march on the streets, you can picket, you can riot. You can also boycott or work via unconventional tools, such as the Internet. The following article describes how two coexisting phenomena have contributed to the birthingContinue Reading
By Lauren Griesedieck No, this is not a piece about why I love Joe Biden (because that is definitely not true). This is about why I am voting for him anyway, and why you should support him too. There is much at stake in this election, and voting for localContinue Reading
By Joanna Sowińska Politics is odd. It is often characterised by the lust for political power, and the Polish government is a clear example of this phenomenon. In 2015, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (eng. Law and Justice), a right-wing, populist, conservative party won the national elections for the second time since its creation inContinue Reading
By Caitlin Elston-Weidinger April 10th–just a month ago, stuck somewhere between apprehensive and unbothered–we were discussing the first two closures of the stock markets over a joint at Vondelpark, attending lectures with an air of hesitation over what was still only being fatefully understood as a Chinese or Italian problem.Continue Reading