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Dutch Politics for Dummies: A crash course on the political parties...
Three months ago I (Lara Schade) moved to the Netherlands to study International Relations and Organizations. As political science student I talk...
Why distorting points of view goes far beyond a political game
Last month, a Member of Parliament of GroenLinks (GreenLeft) Corinne Ellemeet started a conversation about the crisis in the elderly care. She...
Parasite: social critique done right.
The fresh Palme d’Or winner Parasite is a sharp critique of socio-economic inequality. It combines comedy with thrill in a brilliant way,...
Political chaos on Malta
This week more than hundred people demonstrated in front of the parliament building in Malta, the sunny island state that for a...
VVD: ditch the denigrating tone in the vaccination debate
Certain topics like Zwarte Piet, climate change and vaccination have been exploited to such a degree that one tends to roll his...
Editorial: back and busy
Its November, DEBAT Online is back since 7 weeks from a long summer break. After a bit difficult start, I think we’re...
Protests in Iran and the massive media silence
Furious Iranians have been on to the streets for days to protest against their government. Where it began as protests against the...
Scrooge McDuck exists
Scrooge McDuck exists. In plural. I know because I see some of them here tonight. The proud owners of hundreds of millions...
Russia’s dismantling of the truth
On November 7th, SPIL invited the Russian ambassador to the Netherlands Alexander Shulgin to speak on the occasion of the 38th anniversary...
Speak up against China and pay the price
It has been agitated for quite some time in Hong Kong. There have been daily protests since the proposal to make it...