Frontex Builds its Own Armed Border Police Force

Arms deals, paramilitary border police, and obfuscated accountability. The recent developments surrounding the EU border guard agency Frontex are worrying, to say the least. Therefore, on December 18, the Abolish Frontex network will campaign internationally against the militarization of European border security. Franka Kraai (Stop the War on Migrants) Mark Akkerman (Stop Wapenhandel) A Dutch

Dutch Cynicism and the Burqa Ban

The trans-Western project to target the clothing of Muslim women is a continuation of colonial violence. By Zeta Moire The topic of the burqa ban was introduced in the Dutch parliament in 2005 when Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right political party PVV, proposed a ban on burqas under the guise of “terrorismebestrijding.” On August

Exclusion in White Workplaces

Exposing Whiteness: how casual racism excludes non-white colleagues. By Sofia F.  “The whitewashed workplace, like a whitewashed wall, is seen as colorless rather than white as white culture becomes universalized” M. REitman, 2006 I have a confession to make. Despite living in Canada for 14 years, I have never been to a cottage. If you

Doctors and Dilemmas: A Year with Corona in the Netherlands

Two philosophers reflect on ethics and politics in corona times. Each year, hundreds of thousands of first-year philosophy students are introduced to the finer points of moral philosophy through a famous nightmare scenario. They are asked to imagine a loose trolley racing over a train track to which five people are tied. They can divert

Dokters en Dilemma’s: Een jaar met Corona in Nederland

Twee filosofen reflecteren op ethiek en politiek tijdens corona Elk jaar maken honderdduizenden eerstejaars filosofiestudenten kennis met de fijne kneepjes van de moraalfilosofie door middel van een beroemd nachtmerriescenario. Ze moeten zich een losse trolley voorstellen die over een treinspoor racet waaraan vijf mensen zijn vastgebonden. Ze kunnen de losse trolley omleiden naar een andere

Editorial “Introductie Baghawat”

oppositie, rebellie, opstand – بغاوت Welkom bij deze eerste editorial voor Baghawat, de plek van de ontheemden. Wij – twee ontheemde vrouwen – hebben dit platform en deze publicatie gecreëerd als een ruimte waar we samen kunnen komen zonder nationale grenzen, maatschappelijke verwachtingen en normatieve beperkingen. Wij zijn openlijke en trotse antiracisten, queers, neurodiversen, vluchtelingen

Editorial “Introducing Baghawat”

opposition, rebellion, uprising – بغاوت Welcome to this first editorial for Baghawat, the place of the displaced. We – two displaced women – have created this platform and publication as a space where we can come together free of national borders, societal expectations, and normative constrictions. We are overt and proud anti-racists, queers, neurodivergents, refugees

Pomegranate – Ghazaal Yousefi

December 18, 2020 I had turned into a pomegranate. The sound of my dry seeds scattering resonated through the room as I was thrown into a corner. I was scared of my dry rind cracking, of the sound of the dry seeds… I was a pomegranate, a red one… I awoke to find myself trembling