Afgelopen weekend waren er allerlei workshops, acties, feestjes en een demonstratie voor de kraken-draait-door-dagen in Amsterdam, een actie weekend in reactie op de komende ontruimingen.
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Kraken Draait Door 2011
Stadsdeel speelt met krakers en anti-krakers
Dinsdag avond de 21ste Juni, kwamen en krakers en anti-krakers spreken voor het stadsdeel van Amsterdam Oost. De krakers proberen al geruime tijd een pand over te nemen van het stadsdeel en het stadsdeel was hier tot voor kort altijd positief of geweest of hebben toezeggingen gedaan. Sindskort echter lijkt het dat het stadsdeel dit sinds kort ook gedaan heeft bij de anti-krakers die zich al op de Tugulaweg 85 bevinden.
Een reden dus om te klagen en in te spreken, immers, wie kan nu het pand overnemen? Een tender lijkt niemand te willen.
Eerste inspreker, van de woningbouwvereniging soweto
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Slutwalk 2011
On June 4th 2011, inspired by the Slutwalk in Toronto there was a Slutwalk in Amsterdam. A demonstration to promote sexual freedom and autonomy. Freedom to express yourself how you are, physically, sexually and emotionally. It was a protest against ignorance and a society where victims of sexual violence get the blame, people who differ from the norm in sexual interest can’t walk freely on the streets and where people are still expected to behave to gender specific dogmas.
The demo appeared to be a success with hundreds people attending and walking the streets expressing themselves. You had almost everything from ‘conservatively’ clothed to almost no clothing, in full color and in plain black. It was a merry bunch of protesters from all corners and shades, surrounded by an army of photographers. The only downside of the demo seemed to have was that it was too short.
Sadly I arrived a bit late, but still managed to shoot some impressions.
Assembly and Demonstration
“The world is burning, join the fire”, these and many more slogans were part the demonstration last Saturday. During the past 2 weeks the dam square in Amsterdam was the home of the open assembly. during these weeks people voiced their opinions on the current corrupt governments and the poverty caused by the crisis. As planned it now was the day of the big demonstration, followed by another assembly.
Open Assembly on Wednesday
As I tweeted earlier, I went to the open assembly at dam-square again on wednesday the 25th. The crowd was smaller than last sunday, but people where motivated to get things done, and disagreements where hanging in the air.
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G8 Fools March Amsterdam
Thursday may the 26th and Friday the 27th the G8 comes together to discuss ‘worldly’ affairs. This year there was a call out for local actions around the world. I decided to follow the one in Amsterdam, a fools parade and conference.
The fools left from the Scheinheilig around 19:00
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#spanishrevolution
Already for some days there have been demonstrations and popular assemblies at the dam-square in Amsterdam. The gatherings are on one hand in solidarity with the huge demonstrations which are happening in Spain at the moment, on the other it’s about a more general problem being recognized within the current economic and political systems.
Photos 1st of May 2011, Utrecht
These are pictures I’ve taken on May the 1st 2011. It started as a peaceful protest for workers rights, the demonstrators stayed peaceful.
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Tagged 1st of may, dag van de arbeid, police violence, utrecht
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Timeline 1st of May, 2011 Utrecht.
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This timeline is how I experiences the demonstration in Utrecht on the 1st of May 2011. I did not see everything and some people had a slightly different view on what happened. At the end I’m reporting information I receive at the first-aid.
- 12:40, today: 1st of may demonstration in #utrecht
- 14:17, #police not letting out demonstrators into the demo it seems.
- 14:21, demonstrators now going to the bus to fetch fellow demonstrators
- 14:25, which seems to have worked quite well #1maydemo cops demand that there is no face coverings. so no burcas allowed.
- 14:32, announcement by ‘doorbraak’ expressing solidarity with loads of workersgroups. #1maydemo and a small clash about a banner
- 14:37, demo wants to walk, #police stops them due to headcoverings. now a standoff it seems. #1maydemo
- 14:39, demo is walking into the horses. #1maydemo
- 14:47, demo is on the move, took some clashes. #1maydemo #utrecht
- 14:54, ME arrived #1maydemo #utrecht looking grimm
- 14:57, #1maydemo #utrecht standoff between 200 demonstrators and #police problem is a personhigh banner
- 15:01, banner is moving, police took stuff from demonstrators without giving info or id. #1maydemo #utrecht
- 15:08, #police took someone from the demo romeos around, clashes with cops and bystanders demo surrounded lots of police violence #utrecht
- 15:09, 3 arrested atleast one bystander #1maydemo #utrecht
- 15:12, #police checking people at random for #press cards
- 15:20, #1maydemo #police has new demands, all banners need to be checked by one of their specialists on strength #utrecht
- 15:30, banners are checked, #demonstration still not allowed to move. #police in civilian (romeos) on the hunt #1maydemo #utrecht
- 15:31, #police arrested someone in the demo with lots violence. demo still not allowed to move. #1maydemo #utrecht
- 15:34, newest demand from the #police they want to check everyone for weapons individually #1maydemo #utrecht
- 15:37, police-spokes-people from the demo sick of police demands and no longer see use in talking. #1maydemo #utrecht
- 15:49, #1maydemo still not allowed to move, #police hitting bystanders with longstick. #utrecht
- 15:51, #1maydemo demands it wants to walk, all bystanders shouting and clapping in support #utrecht
- 15:53, more riotcops arrive, romeos mingle between bystanders. #police has demo surrounded. #1maydemo #utrecht
- 15:57, a surrounded by riotcops demo is allowed to move, banners hardly visisble #1maydemo
- 16:02, about 14 riotvans 10-12 horses loads of riotcops, cops on bikes, massive #police force #1maydemo #utrecht
- 16:14, firstaid not allowed in the demo help a demonstrator #1maydemo #utrecht
- 16:18, demonstrator is allowed out of the demo under guidance of 2 cops to get first aid #1maydemo #utrecht
- 16:20, nobody allowed in or out the demo it seems. #1maydemo #utrecht
- 16:24, demo is lined by 2 rows of cops, riotcops on the inside, regular cops on the outside, front and back covered by horses and vans. #1maydemo
- 16:42, demo not allowed to move, its unclear why. more demands? #1maydemo #utrecht
- 16:48, demo moves again, one extremely violent arrest, police throwing their garbage around #1maydemo #utrecht
- 16:57, even more riotcops arrive. it’s like a walking prison, #1maydemo #utrecht
- 16:11, rumour is they want arrest anotherone for insulting a cop. #1maydemo #utrecht
- 16:18, 2 more violent arrests. #1maydemo #utrecht
- 16:55, yours truly screwed up his toe en left the demo for a while to get some first aid.
- 16:58, apparently already demonstrators in the hospital. hit on the eye with a stick and a seriously broken arm #1maydemo #utrecht
- 17:01, theres also the @1meidemoUtrecht twitter feed in dutch #1maydemo #utrecht
- 17:14, I hear the demo is over and people are allowed to go home, there is a count of 16 arrested #1maydemo #utrecht
- 17:39, after demo, some demonstrators getting arrested on the streets #1maydemo #utrecht one arrested freed with apology
- 17:50, one arrested freed with some ‘apology’ and a story that she should be happy with cops, else she might get raped… #1maydemo #utrecht
- 18:36, atleast 2 photographers arrested #1maydemo #press
There was also a dutch twitter feed from people involved in the demo: https://twitter.com/#!/1meidemoUtrecht
At night there where only 6 of the 11? arrested still in prison. Some where quite quickly released after they couldn’t find any charges for them.From the stories I heard where people where describing the actions from the ‘romeos’ (arrest teams clothed in civilian clothing), it appears they where besides looking for specific individuals also just attacking weak-spots.
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Demonstration against Nuclearpower
Today, Saturday April the 16th there was an anti-nuclear-power demonstration in Amsterdam on the dam-square. Good moment to take some pictures. The crowd was diverse, but most notable was the age of most participants.
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