Marjan Boelsma
@marjanboelsma.bsky.social
Memory is a weapon', Don Mattera
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'The controversy surrounding Haiti’s Winter Olympics uniform makes this dissonance clear. A design referencing revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture was deemed too “political” by the IOC and replaced with a symbolic horse'
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Africa Is a Country Weekend Special, Feb 9: Haiti Cherie
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February 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
'The controversy surrounding Haiti’s Winter Olympics uniform makes this dissonance clear. A design referencing revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture was deemed too “political” by the IOC and replaced with a symbolic horse'
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'Most countries agree that tax rules need to be fairer, but OECD countries, including notorious tax havens like Switzerland and the Netherlands, would prefer existing fora, rules, and processes to continue to apply'
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What Kwame Nkrumah knew about profit shifting
From colonial accounting tricks to modern tax havens, Nkrumah understood how capital escapes, and why political independence was never enough.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
'Most countries agree that tax rules need to be fairer, but OECD countries, including notorious tax havens like Switzerland and the Netherlands, would prefer existing fora, rules, and processes to continue to apply'
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africasacountry.com/2026/01/what...
Yuliia Kishchuk, a Ukrainian researcher who, along with 300 Ukrainian scholars, activists and artists, signed an open letter expressing solidarity with Palestinians, said the engineered starvation of Palestinians in Gaza triggered many to reconsider their view of the conflict.
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In war-torn Ukraine, showing sympathy for Palestine is no longer a taboo
With Washington’s stance on Ukraine shifting, debates in Kyiv over Gaza continue to gain momentum.
aje.news
February 2, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Yuliia Kishchuk, a Ukrainian researcher who, along with 300 Ukrainian scholars, activists and artists, signed an open letter expressing solidarity with Palestinians, said the engineered starvation of Palestinians in Gaza triggered many to reconsider their view of the conflict.
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‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France
‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France
Aid groups say rise of far-right rhetoric in politics has fed into intimidation, vandalism and hate graffiti around migrant camps
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January 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM
‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France
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I finally started reading this book and I am appreciating it. www.salon.com/2025/10/30/i...
In Trump's America, we can find courage and refuge in poetry
A new book honors the writing, activism and witness of the Black visionary June Jordan
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January 18, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I finally started reading this book and I am appreciating it. www.salon.com/2025/10/30/i...
'Een samenleving die gevormd werd door eeuwenoude kennis, koloniale onderdrukking, culturele beschadiging en een langzaam maar vastberaden herstel van autonomie.'#Groenland
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Poten af van Groenland | Doorbraak.eu
Ooit vrij, onderdrukt, opnieuw opgestaan – de lange strijd van de Inuit voor autonomie. Groenland is het grootste eiland ter wereld, met een oppervlakte van ruim 2,16 miljoen vierkante kilometer, en e...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
'Een samenleving die gevormd werd door eeuwenoude kennis, koloniale onderdrukking, culturele beschadiging en een langzaam maar vastberaden herstel van autonomie.'#Groenland
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RIP schrijfster Astrid Roemer: Paramaribo, 27 april 1947 - 8 januari 2026. Zij ontving in 2015 de P.C. Hoofdprijs en in 2021 de Prijs der Nederlandse letteren.
Foto: Maart 1985 Astrid Roemer op Sharpeville Herdenking Rotterdam georganiseerd Surinaamse Vrouwen Kollektief (SVK) het Azania Komitee.
Foto: Maart 1985 Astrid Roemer op Sharpeville Herdenking Rotterdam georganiseerd Surinaamse Vrouwen Kollektief (SVK) het Azania Komitee.
January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
RIP schrijfster Astrid Roemer: Paramaribo, 27 april 1947 - 8 januari 2026. Zij ontving in 2015 de P.C. Hoofdprijs en in 2021 de Prijs der Nederlandse letteren.
Foto: Maart 1985 Astrid Roemer op Sharpeville Herdenking Rotterdam georganiseerd Surinaamse Vrouwen Kollektief (SVK) het Azania Komitee.
Foto: Maart 1985 Astrid Roemer op Sharpeville Herdenking Rotterdam georganiseerd Surinaamse Vrouwen Kollektief (SVK) het Azania Komitee.
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On the "boots on the ground" question and Trump saying that it will mainly be about protecting oil operations.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
On the "boots on the ground" question and Trump saying that it will mainly be about protecting oil operations.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
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The reported capture of Venezuelan president evokes previous eras when other leaders were seized by US.
Maduro joins Iraq's Saddam, Panama's Noriega as latest leader taken by US
The reported capture of Venezuelan president evokes previous eras when other leaders were seized by US.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The reported capture of Venezuelan president evokes previous eras when other leaders were seized by US.
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if it - the US here - ever had one ( civilization), which is strongly contested...
This is not the first US imperial atrocity for oil —let’s not exceptionalize it— but wow is is it awful. And the violation of Venezuelans domestically in the name of a sovereign borders they actually dgaf about.
As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.
As Aimee Cesaire put it— the price of imperialism is the empire’s own civilization.
January 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
if it - the US here - ever had one ( civilization), which is strongly contested...
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DRAAD! Eerst meteen maar mijn reactie naar het op het radioprogramma spraakmakers over de bespreking van onderstaand artikel en OneWorld. Stuitend.
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
DRAAD! Eerst meteen maar mijn reactie naar het op het radioprogramma spraakmakers over de bespreking van onderstaand artikel en OneWorld. Stuitend.
'De journalistiek als aanjager van institutioneel racisme: dat kan niet de bedoeling zijn' Lees www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechte...
Waarom benoemen Nederlandse journalisten racisme zo weinig?
De journalistieke code schrijft voor dat journalisten er alles aan moeten doen om verspreiding van racisme te voorkomen.
www.oneworld.nl
December 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
'De journalistiek als aanjager van institutioneel racisme: dat kan niet de bedoeling zijn' Lees www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechte...
Samen voor DR Congo, Palestina en Sudan
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Glazen Huis van Verzet - Rotterdam Palestina Coalitie
Van 19 tot 22 december zijn we te vinden in het Glazen Huis van Verzet op het Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam. Kom je ook langs?
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December 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Samen voor DR Congo, Palestina en Sudan
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'Wapens uit Europa komen via de Emiraten Sudan binnen' - Wij hebben er wel degelijk ook mee te maken.
Lees dit stuk van @martehoogenboom.bsky.social over onze betrokkenheid bij de moorden in Sudan. www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechte...
Lees dit stuk van @martehoogenboom.bsky.social over onze betrokkenheid bij de moorden in Sudan. www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechte...
Wat kan Nederland doen om de geweldscyclus in Sudan te doorbreken?
Het demissionaire kabinet wijst naar landen als de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten en Saudi-Arabië om een einde te maken aan het geweld in Sudan. Maar activisten, mensenrechtenorganisaties en onderzoeker...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
'Wapens uit Europa komen via de Emiraten Sudan binnen' - Wij hebben er wel degelijk ook mee te maken.
Lees dit stuk van @martehoogenboom.bsky.social over onze betrokkenheid bij de moorden in Sudan. www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechte...
Lees dit stuk van @martehoogenboom.bsky.social over onze betrokkenheid bij de moorden in Sudan. www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechte...
De genocide door Israël heeft volgens de VN bijna negentig procent van de economie van Gaza vernietigd. Het is de ergste economische ineenstorting van dit land ooit.
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Volledige armoede overspoelt heel Gaza | Doorbraak.eu
De genocide door Israël heeft volgens de VN bijna negentig procent van de economie van Gaza vernietigd. Het is de ergste economische ineenstorting van dit land ooit. In 2024 leidde de oorlog van Israë...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
De genocide door Israël heeft volgens de VN bijna negentig procent van de economie van Gaza vernietigd. Het is de ergste economische ineenstorting van dit land ooit.
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'South Africa has the highest levels of income inequality in the world. The top 10 percent earn 66 percent of total income, while the bottom half receives only 6 percent.'
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Where in the world are wealth and income most unequal?
The richest 10 percent of the world's population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.
aje.io
December 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
'South Africa has the highest levels of income inequality in the world. The top 10 percent earn 66 percent of total income, while the bottom half receives only 6 percent.'
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'South Africa has the highest levels of income inequality in the world. The top 10 percent earn 66 percent of total income, while the bottom half receives only 6 percent.'
aje.io/b448gu
aje.io/b448gu
aje.io/b448gu
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Where in the world are wealth and income most unequal?
The richest 10 percent of the world's population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.
aje.io
December 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
'South Africa has the highest levels of income inequality in the world. The top 10 percent earn 66 percent of total income, while the bottom half receives only 6 percent.'
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'The truth is, the World Cup has never floated above politics. It emerged as a tool of statecraft almost as soon as it was invented'
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Africa Is a Country Weekend Special, Dec 8: The cup is running dry
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December 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
'The truth is, the World Cup has never floated above politics. It emerged as a tool of statecraft almost as soon as it was invented'
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'Most importantly, this resistance is thought to have significantly reduced the number of captives transported across the Atlantic.'
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How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade
Compelling evidence of massive African resistance to Atlantic slavery can be found from the very onset of the European colonial arrival on the con-tinent. When the Portuguese gained control of the …
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December 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
'Most importantly, this resistance is thought to have significantly reduced the number of captives transported across the Atlantic.'
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'Sometimes in a moment of overwhelming emotion you hear a song. You finally hear it. You don’t just get the meaning of the lyrics, or feel the beats and the rhythm, but you hear the unutterable in the song'
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A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia
Sometimes in a moment of overwhelming emotion you hear a song. You finally hear it. You don’t just get the meaning of the lyrics, or feel the beats and the rhythm, but you hear the unutterable in t…
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December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
'Sometimes in a moment of overwhelming emotion you hear a song. You finally hear it. You don’t just get the meaning of the lyrics, or feel the beats and the rhythm, but you hear the unutterable in the song'
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Hoe De Volkskrant islamofobe propaganda verspreidt
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Hoe De Volkskrant islamofobe propaganda verspreidt | Doorbraak.eu
“Eindelijk durft iemand het linkse taboe op islamkritiek te doorbreken”, zo kopte de rubriek Lezersreacties van De Volkskrant gisteren. Met als intro daaronder: ”’Het ontbreken van linkse islamkritiek...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hoe De Volkskrant islamofobe propaganda verspreidt
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NIEUWS I Dat ongedocumenteerde arbeiders uitbuiting melden bij de Arbeidsinspectie –zoals bij Saints & Stars– is uitzonderlijk. Ze vrezen uitzetting. Want ipv beschermen (hun taak) doet de inspectie 'collegiale meldingen' bij de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Lees dit onderzoek v @oneworld.nl & @groene.nl!
Uit angst voor uitzetting durven veel ongedocumenteerde werknemers misstanden niet te melden. Terecht, blijkt uit onderzoek van OneWorld en @groene.nl. De Arbeidsinspectie werkt namelijk samen met de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Daarom worden ook de schoonmakers van Saints & Stars waarschijnlijk uitgezet.
Arbeidsinspectie werkt mee aan uitzetting ongedocumenteerde werknemers
In plaats van ongedocumenteerde werknemers tegen uitbuiting te beschermen, werkt de arbeidsinspectie mee aan hun uitzetting. De dienst werkt daarvoor intensief samen met de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Uit…
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November 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
NIEUWS I Dat ongedocumenteerde arbeiders uitbuiting melden bij de Arbeidsinspectie –zoals bij Saints & Stars– is uitzonderlijk. Ze vrezen uitzetting. Want ipv beschermen (hun taak) doet de inspectie 'collegiale meldingen' bij de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Lees dit onderzoek v @oneworld.nl & @groene.nl!
'Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down'
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Dutch officials rebuke Trump admin over removal of Black WWII vet memorials
Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
'Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down'
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