[Nettime-nl] Are we in 1935 Germany or 21st Century Netherlands?

["Ibrahim Quraishi" <iq@ibrahimquraishi.org>]

Dear Friend and Colleagues :

How to stop the tidal wave of political extremism in the Netherlands  
today? The extreme right PVV and its leader Geert Wilders in  
particular have hijacked virtually all the debates on culture,  
education, minority rights and freedom of speech, but their neo- 
liberal agenda smacks of a particular brand of fascism of by gone  
days, as they have co-opted virtually the entire Dutch Political  
establishment into this horrific misadventure.

What has become of the Dutch historical tolerance? What are we going  
to do to make sure that this country does not fall into the abyss of  
irrational right wing fanatics in the name of preserving their own  
brand of European-ness. The enemy is NOT Islam. It is NOT struggling  
artists, It is NOT the intellectuals, university students, hospital  
workers nor even ordinary citizen from all walks of  life. The enemy  
is really the clique of neo-liberal capitalists who refuse to let go  
of their power and their jingoistic fear mongering in the name of  
national preservation, for their personal power aggrandizement and  
ultimate idealogical control.

I urge you all to please take a moment and look for possibilities of  
finding a pro-active way to protest the proposed actions of the Dutch  
Government.

We must stand against this tyranny of oppression of using public  
funding to silence the public itself!!!

We cannot allow the fundamental destruction of our civil-society for  
political expediency that services the right wing agenda here in the  
Netherlands or anywhere else!!!
This has happened before in the United States under consecutive  
presidencies, beginning with Ronald Reagan (1980-1988) and the US have  
never recovered from its own national demise.
As a matter of public record, education, culture, scientific research,  
social services, infrastructure, and all walk of life have been  
terribly effected by the American model : unbridled capitalism without  
responsibility!

Do we really wish this neo-liberal nightmare to permanently destroy  
the foundations of our socio-political, cultural multiplicity?

If all culture stopped for one day, all newspapers stop printing, all  
schools stop functioning, all hospitals closed their doors, all  
television stations and all other forms of digital media stopped  
broadcasting, what would happen???

This may be naive, but there must be a creative way to show resistance  
against political tyranny. If change is happening in the Middle East  
after 30 years of systematic oppression, we can also find ways to  
change our direction before its too late!

Please join me and thousands of others to voice their dismay at the  
current demise of culture, civil society and ultimate diversity here.

Monday 27 June
14.00-16.00
Plein
The Hague

Also please go to other websites like : http://www.schadekaart.nl  and http://www.marsderbeschaving.nl/index_en.php 
 to find out how you can contribute and get involved in this moment  
of extreme urgency.

ibrahim quraishi
www.ibrahimquraishi.org



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