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Upcoming:
Indigenous Liberation | Lecture: The Climate Crisis as a Colonial Crisis
Date: 25th of May 2023, time 20:00-22:00, location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Adres: Piet Heinkade 181 Amsterdam. Language: English. For registration and more info click here
Indigenous Liberation | Lecture: Indigenous vs ‘Modern’: compatible or not?
Date: 8th of June 2023, time 20:00-22:00, location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, adres: Piet heinkade 181, Amsterdam. Language: English. For registration and more info click here
Community Gathering: meditation, sharing & music-journey
Date: 18th of June 2023, time: 14:30-17:00, with optional dinner afterwards, location: buurthuis de Bol Zilverberg 68B, 1025 CJ Amsterdam. Language: Dutch/English, for registration click here and info here
Indigenous Liberation | Lecture: learning from Global Indigenous Lobby practises
Date: 19th of June 2023, time 20:00-22:00, location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, adres: Piet heinkade 181, Amsterdam. Language: English. For registration and more info click here
Indigenous Liberation Day, Land Back: Undoing the Doctrine of Discovery
Date: 12th of October, time 20:00-23:00, location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, adres: Piet heinkade 181, Amsterdam. Language: English. For registration and info click here
Past :
Events in 2023
Community Gathering: meditation, sharing & music-journey
Date: 21st of May 2023, time: 14:30-17:00, with optional dinner afterwards, location: buurthuis de Bol Zilverberg 68B, 1025 CJ Amsterdam. Language: Dutch/English, for registration click here and info here
Decolonize Palestine: Towards a One State Solution | Decolonial Learning Session #25 | Datum: 17 mei 2023 | Tijd: 20.00-21.30 | Locatie: Online via Zoom. Taal: ENG | for more info click here and for registration here
De Republiek der Zuid-Molukken (RMS): een product van mentale kolonisatie | Decolonial Learning Session #24 | Datum: 26 april 2023 | Tijd: 20.00-21.30 | Locatie: Online via Zoom. Taal: NL | Voor moor informatie, klik hier. Om je aan te melden klik hier.
Decolonial Reparations Conference
Date: 22nd and 23d of April 2023, time :10:00-17:30, location: Ru Paré, Amsterdam. Language: Dutch/English, for more info and reservation click here
Community Gathering: meditation, sharing & music-journey
Date: 2nd of April 2023, time: 14:30-17:00, location: buurthuis de Bol Zilverberg 68B, 1025 CJ Amsterdam. Language: Dutch/English, for registration click here and info here
Arts of Resistance | Workshop: Creative Writing & Making Music
Dates 1: 3rd of February 2023, 18:30-21:00 Date 2: 4th of February 2023, 13:00-16:00, location: Here To Support, Amsterdam, language: Dutch, no registration required, info click here
De grote koloniale oorlog: oorsprong en nasleep van WO2 | Aralez Talk X 2.Dh5 Festival Datum: 25 of 26 februari (TBA hier) Locatie: Ru Paré, Amsterdam (2.Dh5 Festival) Taal: Nederlands. for more info click here
Arts of Resistance | Body, Mind & Soul – Healing through Movement
Date: 12th of February 2023 Time: 13:00 – 16:00 Location: Ru Paré, Amsterdam Language: English, click here for more info & reservation
Colonial dynamics in global climate politics | Decolonial Learning Session #23 | Date: February 13th, 2023. | Time: 20.00-22.00 | Location: Online via Zoom. Language: EN | For registration and more information, click here
Arts of Resistance | Live-cast: The Art of Healing
Date: February 10th, 2023 Location: Pakhuis de Zwijger Time: 20:00 – 22:-00 Language: English, for more info & tickets click here
Zo smaakt inclusie diner: Azië en de Afrikaanse diaspora
Date: januari 23d | Time: 17:30-22:30 | Location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam |
Price : 6 euros’s , click here for more info
Boekpresentatie: Decolonizing The Mind – a guide to decolonial theory and practice | Date: January 15th, 2023. | Time: 14.00-17.00 | Location: Online via Zoom. Language: Dutch | Price: 10 euro. Click here for more info and here for tickets.
Events in 2022
Human rights in Iran: past, present and future | Decolonial Learning Session #22 | Date: December 21st, 2022. | Time: 20.00-21.30 | Location: Online via Zoom. Language: EN | to watch it back click here
What is decolonization in the 21st century? | Decolonial Learning Session #21 | Date: December 4th, 2022. | Time: 18.30-20.00 | Location: Online via Zoom. Language: EN | For more information click here.
Arts of Resistance community session | Arts of Resistance x Afrogrooves x Afrispectives | Date: December 4th, 2022 | Time: 14:00-17:30 | Location: De Ruimte, Amsterdam | For more information click here, to sign up click here.
Resistance Art: Reclaiming Our Story, Building New Futures | Arts of Resistance x Afrispectives | Date: December 9th, 2022 | Time: 20:00-21:30 | Location: Pakhuis de Zwijger | Language: EN | For more information click here, to register click here.
Battle of Ideas: Visualizing National Liberation Marxism | Decolonial Learning Session #20 | Date: November 13th, 2022. | Time: 13.00-14.30 | Location: Online via Zoom. Language: EN | to watch back click here.
Indigenous Liberation | 1492 lezing: Inheemse Genocide | Date: november 3d, 2022. Time: 19.30-22:00 | Dutch | Location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam | For more information and tickets click here
Shell and the Art of Protest: Indonesia | Arts of Resistance x We are Warming Up Festival | Arts of Resistance x We are Warming Up Festival | Date: October 30th | Time: 15:30 | Mostly English, and Dutch | Location: Tolhuistuin | For more information and tickets click here
Shell and the Art of Protest: Nigeria | Arts of Resistance x We are Warming Up Festival | Arts of Resistance x We are Warming Up Festival | Date: October 28th | Time: 17:00-18:30 | Dutch | Location: Tolhuistuin | For more information and tickets click here
Academy decolonial perspectives on climate | Decolonial action meeting | Here to Support x Aralez | Date: October 27th | Time: 19:30-21:30 | English | Location: Pakhuis de Zwijger | For more information click here
Shell and the Art of Protest: Curacao & Suriname | Arts of Resistance x We are Warming Up Festival | Date: October 26th | Time: 20:00 – 21:30 | Dutch | Location: Tolhuistuin | For more information and tickets click here
Academy decolonial perspectives on climate | Interactive conversation: Decolonizing our minds, reclaiming cosmovision | Here to support & Aralez | Date: October 20th | Time: 19:30-21:30 | English | Location: Here to Support
Academy decolonial perspectives on climate | Interactive conversation: The road to autonomy | Here to support & Aralez | Date: October 15th | Time: 19:30-21:30 | English | Location: Black Archives
Indigenous Liberation | Workshop: Towards Reparatory Justice | Date : October 13th 2022. Time: 10:00-17:30 | English | Location: Ru Paré. For more information click here and registration here
Indigenous Liberation | Indigenous Liberation Day: Solidarity March – 1492 People’s Tribunal – Ceremony – Festival. | Date: October 12th, 2022. Time: 16.30-23:00 | Dutch & english | Locations: Dam square, Kop van Java, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam | For more information and tickets click here
Arts of Resistance Community Session | Arts of Resistance x Afrogrooves x Afrispectives | Date: October 9th | Time: 16:00 | Location: Ru Paré | For more information and tickets click here
Academy decolonial perspectives on climate | Interactive conversation: climate change & neocolonialism | Here to support & Aralez | Date: October 6th | Time: 19:30-21:30 | English | Location: Here to Support
Indigenous Liberation | 1492 lezing: Inheemse Genocide | Date: October 4th, 2022. Time: 19.30-22:00 | Dutch, lecture | Location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam | For more information and tickets click here
Collapse and the Nation State: A Mapuche Perspective on the Case of Chile |Decolonial Learning Session #19 | Date: September 29th, 2022. | Time: 20.00-21.30 | Location: Online via Zoom. Language: EN | For more information click here, for registration click here.
Indigenous Liberation | Racisme en Inheemse Culturen | Date: September 20th, 2022. Time: 20.00-22:00 | Dutch, panel | Location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam | click here to watch back
Arts of Resistance | Festival Cultures Against Imperialism | Date: August 27th, 2022. Time: 20.00-03.00 | Location: Melkweg, Amsterdam | For more information and tickets click here
De impact van het kolonialisme op queer identiteiten in India | Decolonial Learning Session #18 | Datum: 29 juni 2022. Tijd: 20.00-21.30 | Locatie: Online via Zoom. Taal: NL | Voor meer informatie klik hier, om aan te melden klik hier
Klimaatcrisis als koloniaal probleem | Interactief gesprek bij Regeneratie Manifestatie | Datum: 18 juni 2022. Tijd: 14.30-16.00 | Locatie: stadsboerderij Osdorp | Voor meer informatie en tickets, klik hier
Decoloniality, Intersectionality and the Food System | Workshop at Voedsel Anders conference | Date: June 11th, 2022. Time: 11.00 | Location: Orion building Wageningen University | For more information and tickets click here
Community gathering: meditatition, sharing & music-journey| Aralez x Center of Peace. | Date: 8th of May. Time: 14:00-17:00. | Location: Centrum voor Mindfulness, Raadhuisstraat 15 1016 DB Amsterdam. Language: NL/EN. Type of event: in person. For more information click here
H.E.R.S.T.E.L.: Coalitiebouw in de praktijk | Decolonial Learning Session #17 | Datum: 4 mei 2022. Tijd: 20.00-21.30 | Locatie: Online via Zoom. Taal: NL | Voor meer informatie en om terug te kijken, klik hier.
Klimaatcrisis als koloniaal probleem | Milieudefensie X Aralez X Free West Papua | Datum: 19 april, tijd: 19.30-22.00. Locatie: Kantoor Milieudefensie of online via Zoom. Taal: NL |
Rechten van de Natuur als onderdeel van de wetgeving | Earth Day lezing | Datum: 22 april, tijd: 20.00-21.30. Locatie: Online via Zoom. Taal: NL | Voor meer informatie en om terug te kijken, klik hier.
Nederland en Indonesië: Recht op herstel | Decolonial Learning Session #16 | Datum: 6 april, tijd: 20.00-21.30. Locatie: Online via Zoom. Taal: NL | Om terug te kijken en voor meer informatie, klik hier
How do we stop the war in Ukraine? | Decolonial Learning Session #15 | Date: 4th of April, time 20.00-21.30. Location: Online, Zoom. Language: English | For more information and to watch back, click here
Community gathering: meditatition, sharing & music-journey| Aralez x Center of Peace. | Date: 13th of March. Time: 14:00-17:00. | Location: Centrum voor Mindfulness, Raadhuisstraat 15 1016 DB Amsterdam. Language: Dutch/English. Type of event: in person. For more information click here
How imperialism drives the climate catastrophe | Decolonial Learning Session #14 | Date: 2nd of March, time: 20:00-21:30. Location: Online via Zoom. Taal: EN. | For more information and to watch back click here
Co-existence of traditional medicine next to conventional medicine in the post-colonial Dutch Caribbean | Decolonial Learning Session #13 | Date: 16th of February, time: 20:00-21:30. Location: Online via Zoom. Taal: EN. | For more information and to watch back, click here
Dutch colonialism in the 21st century Caribbean islands | Decolonial Learning Session #12 Date: 5 januari, time: 20:00-21:30. Location: Online via zoom. Taal: EN. For the blog and to watch back, click here
Events in 2021
Community Gathering: regenerating through Meditation, Sharing & music for activists | Aralez x Center of Peace. Date: 19th of december. Time: 14:00-17:00. Location: centrum voor mindfulness, Raadhuisstraat 15 1016 DB Amsterdam. Language: Dutch/English. Type of event: in person. Klik here for more info.
Panel: Indigenous Women in Politics | Indigenous Liberation x Femcity.
Date: 16th of December. Time: 18:00-19:00. Location: Piet Heinkade 181 at Pakhuis de Zwijger & Livestream. Click here for more info and to watch back.
“Affirmative action” in een kleurenblinde context | Decolonial Learning Session #11 Datum: 10 november, tijd: 20:00-21:30. Locatie: Online via zoom. Taal: NL. Klik hier om het verslag te lezen en het evenement terug te kijken.
Zapatistas visit Amsterdam: Community Gathering, Music & Dialogue | Indigenous Liberation. Datum: do 21 oktober, tijd 19:30-22:00. Locatie: Buildung Amsterdam, Volendammerweg 150, 1024 JR Amsterdam. Taal:ENG/SP. Klik hier voor info.
Demonstratie: Indigenous Liberation Day 2021 | Century of Indigenous Liberation Datum: za 16 oktober, tijd: 14:30-16:30. Locatie: Nelson Mandela Park Amsterdam. Taal: NL/ENG Klik hier voor meer informatie en hier en hier voor foto’s , video rapportage hier en hier.
Lezing: 1492 – Amerikaanse Holocaust & de racistische natiestaat | Century of Indigenous Liberation. Datum: vr 15 oktober, tijd: 20:00-22:00. Locatie: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet heinkade 179 Amsterdam. Taal: NL. Klik hier voor meer informatie.
Filmscreening: Mothers of the Land (+ panel talk) | Indigenous Liberation. Datum: wo 14 oktober, tijd 19:30-21:30. Locatie: Filmhuis Cavia, Adres: Van Hallstraat 52-I, 1051 HH Amsterdam. Taal: Eng. Klik hier voor meer informatie.
Pan-Afrikan & Decolonial Perspective on Reparations | Decolonial Learning Session #10 Datum: 6th of October, tijd: 20:00-21:30. Location: Online via zoom. Taal: Eng. Click here to watch back
Dekolonisatie in perspectief van interlandelijk adoptie | Decolonial Learning Session #9 Datum: 8 september, tijd: 20:00-21:30. Locatie: Online via zoom. Klik hier om terug te kijken.
How to write revolutionary songs | Arts of Resistance. Datum: 29 augustus. Tijd: 12:00-15:00. Locatie: Studio/K. Klik hier voor meer info.
Festival Arts of Resistance With Lowkey (UK), Global South Solidarity | Datum: 28 augustus. Tijd: 19:00-01:00. Locatie: Studio/k. Klik hier voor meer info.
Een dekoloniaal perspectief op Hindostaanse geschiedenis | Decolonial Learning Session #8 | Language: Dutch| Datum: wo 18 augustus. Tijd: 20:00-21:30. Locatie: Online via zoom. Klik hier om terug te kijken
Westers Imperialisme en de War on Terror | Decolonial Learning Session N7 (Dutch)
Datum: wo 4 augustus. Tijd: 20:00-21:30. Locatie: Online via zoom. Klik hier om terug te kijken.
Energy sovereignty and solidarity | Decolonial Learning Session #6 (english)
Date: wo 21 juli. Tijd: 20:00-21:30. Location: online via zoom. Klik here to watch back.
Cultureel verzet tegen islamofobie | Arts of Resistance. Datum: 13 juli. Tijd: 20:00-21:30. Locatie: Online + fysiek bij Studio/k. Klik hier voor meer info.
Livecast: Protestmuziek tegen racisme | Arts of Resistance. (language: dutch) Datum: di 15 juni. Tijd: 20:00. Locatie: Studio/K via livestream. Klik hier voor meer informatie.
Van kolonialisme naar Neo-kolonialisme | Decolonial Learning Session #5. (Language: Dutch)Date: 15 juli. Time: 20:00-21:30. Location: online via zoom. Klik here to watch it back.
Workshop van concept naar campagne – creativiteit in activisme | Arts of Resistance. Datum: 11 juli. Tijd: 12:00-17:00. Locatie: Studio/K. Klik hier voor meer info.
Opening Roots Festival | Mapu ceremonie & Indigenous Liberation.
Datum: zo 4 juli. Tijd: 11:30-12:00. Locatie: oosterpark. Klik hier om terug te kijken en hier voor fotos.
Climate Justice Reparations | Decolonial Learning Session #4 (language: Dutch). Datum: 30 juni, tijd 20:00-21:30. Locatie: online via zoom. Klik hier voor meer info en terugkijken.
Community gathering: meditation, sharing & music | Datum: zondag 27 juni. Tijd: 14:00-17:00. Locatie: Amsterdam, wordt bekend gemaakt via mail. Klik hier voor info.
Culturele Identiteitsherstel na kolonialisme | Keti Koti Maand. Datum: di 22 juni. Tijd 18:30 tot 19:30. Locatie: LIVECAST Pakhuis de Zwijger. klik hier voor info terugkijken
Livecast: Geschiedenis van Protestmuziek | Arts of Resistance. (language: dutch) Datum: vr 18 juni. Tijd: 20:30. Locatie: Pakhuis de Zwijger via livestream. Klik hier voor meer informatie en hier om terug te kijken.
Inheemse Cosmovisies op autonomie | Decolonial Learning Session #3 (Language: Dutch). Datum: wo 16 juni. Tijd 20:00-21:30. Locatie: online via zoom. Klik hier voor meer info en om terug te kijken.
Webinarreeks: klimaatrechtvaardigheid vanuit dekoloniaal perspectief. Data: 20 mei, 3 juni, 17 juni , en 3 juli. Tijden tussen 19:30 en 21:30. Locatie: Online/via zoom. Voor tickets, info en aanmeldingen klik hier en om terug te kijken hier.
Intergenerationeel gesprek over sociale strijd | Indian History Month. Datum: do 10 juni. Tijd: 20:00. Locatie: Youtube. Klik hier voor meer informatie.
KILOS-AWIT (Movement-Song): a Creative Integrated Arts Workshop | Arts of Ressistance (english). Date: 29th of May. Time: 15:30 – 18:00. Location: Online/via zoom. Klik here for reservations en info.
Anti-racisme op de werkvloer: strategieën van verzet| Decolonial Learning Session #2 (Language: dutch) Datum: wo 19 mei. Tijd: 20:00, locatie online via zoom. Voor meer informatie & terugkijken kan je hier klikken.
Decolonizing the University | Decolonial Learning Session #1 (Language: dutch). Datum: wo 5 mei, Tijd: 20:00, locatie: Online/ via zoom. Klik hier om terug te kijken.
Strijd voor een Inclusieve Herdenking. | Language: Dutch | Datum: di 4 mei, Tijd: 21:00, locatie: Online via LIVECAST. Voor meer informatie en terugkijken klik hier.
Aralez Presents: Decolonial Learning Sessions (language english). Datum: wo 21 april, Tijd: 20:00, locatie: Online/ via zoom. click here to watch it back.
Week Tegen Racisme: ReMember, Poëzie, Muziek, Storytelling om onszelf weer in bestaan te weven. Datum: vr 19 maart, locatie: Online/Livestream via Pakhuis de Zwijger. Klik hier om het terug te kijken.
2020
Festival Arts of Resistance
Date: 12 december, location Studio/K, Amsterdam. Type: Mix online & location. Click here for more info.
Exposition People Powered Movement vs Shell – a century of decolonial contestation Dates: 30 october – 6th of december at FUSE ndsm werf, Amsterdam. Click here for more info and here for opening presentation. An online interview about the Expo can be found here and a podcast here.
Indigenous Liberation. Online Series.
Dates: 28th of september, 5th, 12th and 19th of Oktober, location: Online via LIVESTREAM, Amsterdam. Click here for more info.
Congo Week: Imperialism, Dictatorship and People Power. Date: 18 of oktober from 17:00 til 19:00. Location: Studio/K, Amsterdam. Click here for more information. Watch back here
Sacred Activism
Date: Thursday 24th of September, location: Online, broadcast from Studio/K, Amsterdam at 20:00. Click here for more info.
Manifestatie Indigenous Peoples Day
Date: 9th of August, location: MuseumPlein, Amsterdam at 15:00. Klik here for more info. For pictures click here, here, here, here and here, and for video here. Articles here, here, and here
Indigenous Voices storytelling event
Date: 7th of august, location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, online streaming at 20:30. click here for more info & reservations.
Screening + Q&A: Gaza Fights for Freedom
Date: 24th of July, location: Studio/K, Amsterdam at 19:00. click here for more info & reservations.
SoftLaunch Indigenous Liberation Day,
Date: 24th of April, location: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam. click here for more info and reservations.
Grassroots network and organization for decolonization 