Tag: protest
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We will talk about Palestine
What is happening in Palestine is genocide. There is an irrefutable moral truth that has been taught to us, you don’t keep quiet during a genocide. We pledged never again, but the lie behind that statement has never been more apparent. We ask Dutch academia to start talking about Palestine. Because you haven’t, you really…
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About the 14th
In our statements of Wednesday (here and here) 0.7 has tried to communicate – as it happened – what happened when our demonstration against the budget cuts was cancelled. The pressure under which we under was impeding our communication, so a quick update on what passed that 14th, who to blame, and what must be…
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We will not be silenced
After a very concerning day, during which the demonstration has been de facto canceled by the triangle of the municipality Utecht, the mayor of Utrecht, and the police, we are here to report on what 0.7 has observed, advises, and will do themselves. In our previous statement we have made clear that these budget cuts…
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Protest cancellation
In our previous statement about tomorrow’s protest against the budget cuts in higher education, we stated that we need to protect our democracy. The demonstration where we wanted to stand for our democratic rights has now been cancelled, based on a threat from “pro-Palestine activists from outside academia” who supposedly intended to hijack the protest…