Mathijs van de Sande 🟥🔻
@mathijsvdsande.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy. Research on protest, radical democracy and communalism. Member of @doorbraak.eu. Has a trombone and is not afraid to use it. Opinions my own (I am not my employer).
Recent gelezen: "Vrede als Daad" van journalist en voormalig totaalweigeraar Willem de Haan. Ik ben het zeker niet in alles met hem eens. De Haan is principieel pacifist en wijst dus elke vorm van fysiek verzet af (ook door onderdrukte/bezette groepen). Maar het boek zet wel aan tot denken. (1/3)
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Recent gelezen: "Vrede als Daad" van journalist en voormalig totaalweigeraar Willem de Haan. Ik ben het zeker niet in alles met hem eens. De Haan is principieel pacifist en wijst dus elke vorm van fysiek verzet af (ook door onderdrukte/bezette groepen). Maar het boek zet wel aan tot denken. (1/3)
Het is eind november en het vriest één dag.
De NOS:
De NOS:
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Het is eind november en het vriest één dag.
De NOS:
De NOS:
Haha, om je te bescheuren: "waar kunnen mensen de Erasmus Universiteit voor bellen? Op die vraag moet je met één zin antwoord kunnen geven."
Het antwoord:
Het antwoord:
September 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Haha, om je te bescheuren: "waar kunnen mensen de Erasmus Universiteit voor bellen? Op die vraag moet je met één zin antwoord kunnen geven."
Het antwoord:
Het antwoord:
Kom ook naar de eerste bijeenkomst van Protest Lab in Nijmegen! Dinsdag 2 september in filmhuis LUX in Nijmegen. Meer info: www.lux-nijmegen.nl/programma/pr...
August 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kom ook naar de eerste bijeenkomst van Protest Lab in Nijmegen! Dinsdag 2 september in filmhuis LUX in Nijmegen. Meer info: www.lux-nijmegen.nl/programma/pr...
Mijn favoriete boek van deze zomer: "De Dromers" van Maurits Wagenvoort. Een roman uit 1900 over een Nederlandse anarchist die tegen het einde van de 19de eeuw in Parijs woont - waar hij uiteindelijk, gefrustreerd door maatschappelijke misstanden, een aanslag pleegt op een kwaadaardige monarch.
August 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Mijn favoriete boek van deze zomer: "De Dromers" van Maurits Wagenvoort. Een roman uit 1900 over een Nederlandse anarchist die tegen het einde van de 19de eeuw in Parijs woont - waar hij uiteindelijk, gefrustreerd door maatschappelijke misstanden, een aanslag pleegt op een kwaadaardige monarch.
It's publication day! "Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire: From the Paris Commune to the Present" is now available.
"An essential text for anyone interested in the urgent task of nurturing new forms of democracy that can help us build a liberated future." - Debbie Bookchin
shorturl.at/9eTBx
"An essential text for anyone interested in the urgent task of nurturing new forms of democracy that can help us build a liberated future." - Debbie Bookchin
shorturl.at/9eTBx
July 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's publication day! "Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire: From the Paris Commune to the Present" is now available.
"An essential text for anyone interested in the urgent task of nurturing new forms of democracy that can help us build a liberated future." - Debbie Bookchin
shorturl.at/9eTBx
"An essential text for anyone interested in the urgent task of nurturing new forms of democracy that can help us build a liberated future." - Debbie Bookchin
shorturl.at/9eTBx
In print!
Gaard Kets and Mathijs van de Sande (eds.), "Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire: From the Paris Commune to the Present."
(Hopefully a more democratically priced paperback will be available soon.)
more info: www.routledge.com/Communalism-...
Gaard Kets and Mathijs van de Sande (eds.), "Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire: From the Paris Commune to the Present."
(Hopefully a more democratically priced paperback will be available soon.)
more info: www.routledge.com/Communalism-...
July 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In print!
Gaard Kets and Mathijs van de Sande (eds.), "Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire: From the Paris Commune to the Present."
(Hopefully a more democratically priced paperback will be available soon.)
more info: www.routledge.com/Communalism-...
Gaard Kets and Mathijs van de Sande (eds.), "Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire: From the Paris Commune to the Present."
(Hopefully a more democratically priced paperback will be available soon.)
more info: www.routledge.com/Communalism-...
I bought a Bombardon (or Helicon). I needed to keep it somewhere so I hung it on the wall in our bedroom.
Gotta say, it looks kinda horny...
Gotta say, it looks kinda horny...
July 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I bought a Bombardon (or Helicon). I needed to keep it somewhere so I hung it on the wall in our bedroom.
Gotta say, it looks kinda horny...
Gotta say, it looks kinda horny...
Just arrived home from a conference in Verona about Hannah Arendt's conception of revolutionary councils as a form of government. I heard some great papers and had many engaging discussions. What remains interesting about Arendt's work is that it brings together such a (politically) diverse crowd.
June 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Just arrived home from a conference in Verona about Hannah Arendt's conception of revolutionary councils as a form of government. I heard some great papers and had many engaging discussions. What remains interesting about Arendt's work is that it brings together such a (politically) diverse crowd.
Spetter, pieter, pater / lekker in het water / de wereld verandert onherstelbaar vanwege de door het kapitalisme veroorzaakte klimaatverandering / maar dat vertellen we je later (misschien)
June 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Spetter, pieter, pater / lekker in het water / de wereld verandert onherstelbaar vanwege de door het kapitalisme veroorzaakte klimaatverandering / maar dat vertellen we je later (misschien)
I made a purchase today!
... now I still need to learn how to play a valve instrument (which will be challenging for a slide trombone player).
... now I still need to learn how to play a valve instrument (which will be challenging for a slide trombone player).
June 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I made a purchase today!
... now I still need to learn how to play a valve instrument (which will be challenging for a slide trombone player).
... now I still need to learn how to play a valve instrument (which will be challenging for a slide trombone player).
Important to repeat this, especially today.
A world without war continues to be an ideal worth aspiring to. But it must be a world without nation-states and their so-called 'leaders.'
A world without war continues to be an ideal worth aspiring to. But it must be a world without nation-states and their so-called 'leaders.'
June 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Important to repeat this, especially today.
A world without war continues to be an ideal worth aspiring to. But it must be a world without nation-states and their so-called 'leaders.'
A world without war continues to be an ideal worth aspiring to. But it must be a world without nation-states and their so-called 'leaders.'
Stage for tonight! I got another chance to play with Manu Chao - this time at Südbrücke in Köln.
June 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Stage for tonight! I got another chance to play with Manu Chao - this time at Südbrücke in Köln.
Mala Vida (with solo by yours truly).
June 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Mala Vida (with solo by yours truly).
Yesterday evening the great Manu Chao performed in Nijmegen... and I got to play a few songs with him (on trombone). Needless to say, it was like an old teenager fantasy that suddenly became reality.
Thanks to Manu and his wonderful band and crew for the great show and for being so welcoming.
Thanks to Manu and his wonderful band and crew for the great show and for being so welcoming.
June 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Yesterday evening the great Manu Chao performed in Nijmegen... and I got to play a few songs with him (on trombone). Needless to say, it was like an old teenager fantasy that suddenly became reality.
Thanks to Manu and his wonderful band and crew for the great show and for being so welcoming.
Thanks to Manu and his wonderful band and crew for the great show and for being so welcoming.
er is een mapje "Inzet Veiligheidspersoneel" (24-24), document 02 in die map bevat deze passage:
May 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
er is een mapje "Inzet Veiligheidspersoneel" (24-24), document 02 in die map bevat deze passage:
Dit is de bewuste passage. Het grenst aan Orwelliaanse newspeak: de universiteit wordt vereenzelvigd met de 'democratische rechtsorde' (los van wat je mag vinden van de universitaire organisatiestructuur: dát is het zeker niet), een roep om democratisering wordt gecriminaliseerd als 'extremisme'.
May 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Dit is de bewuste passage. Het grenst aan Orwelliaanse newspeak: de universiteit wordt vereenzelvigd met de 'democratische rechtsorde' (los van wat je mag vinden van de universitaire organisatiestructuur: dát is het zeker niet), een roep om democratisering wordt gecriminaliseerd als 'extremisme'.
Mayday in Nijmegen.
May 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mayday in Nijmegen.
Happy Mayday! If you happen to be in Nijmegen (NL), there will be a local protest march for international solidarity (e.g. with Gaza and Rojava) and against capitalism and the crackdown on protest. The march starts at 18:00 at De Grote Markt. More info: grotebroek.nl/may-day/
May 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Happy Mayday! If you happen to be in Nijmegen (NL), there will be a local protest march for international solidarity (e.g. with Gaza and Rojava) and against capitalism and the crackdown on protest. The march starts at 18:00 at De Grote Markt. More info: grotebroek.nl/may-day/
We kúnnen niet door met deze Regering, die steeds verder gaat met het afbreken van onderwijs, zorg, bestaanszekerheid en klimaatbeleid. Van jonge generaties wordt de toekomst afgenomen. Hoog tijd om te staken - niet per sector, maar allemaal samen!
#algemenestaking
#donderopmetjebegrip
#algemenestaking
#donderopmetjebegrip
April 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We kúnnen niet door met deze Regering, die steeds verder gaat met het afbreken van onderwijs, zorg, bestaanszekerheid en klimaatbeleid. Van jonge generaties wordt de toekomst afgenomen. Hoog tijd om te staken - niet per sector, maar allemaal samen!
#algemenestaking
#donderopmetjebegrip
#algemenestaking
#donderopmetjebegrip
Finishing the copyedits of an edited volume on "Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire," which I co-edited with Gaard Kets. With contributions by Martin Breaugh, Ruth Kinna, Dario Azzellini, and many more. If all goes well, this should be rolling off the press by August this year.
April 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Finishing the copyedits of an edited volume on "Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire," which I co-edited with Gaard Kets. With contributions by Martin Breaugh, Ruth Kinna, Dario Azzellini, and many more. If all goes well, this should be rolling off the press by August this year.
Also: this is the aesthetics of 21st-century fascism. "Bomb them to pieces. F*ck yeah! 'merica!" Look how we settle shit over a few tweets or app messages.
March 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Also: this is the aesthetics of 21st-century fascism. "Bomb them to pieces. F*ck yeah! 'merica!" Look how we settle shit over a few tweets or app messages.
At the local anarchist library, where 'Capital' is filed under 'poetry'.
March 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
At the local anarchist library, where 'Capital' is filed under 'poetry'.
The current extreme right government in the Netherlands wants to cut 1 billion euro on higher education. This week staff members and students of universities across the country have been on strike to protest these plans. Money for schools and education - not for bombs and occupation!
March 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The current extreme right government in the Netherlands wants to cut 1 billion euro on higher education. This week staff members and students of universities across the country have been on strike to protest these plans. Money for schools and education - not for bombs and occupation!