Yanis Varoufakis BANNED by Germany's Interior Ministry from carrying out any political activity in Germany.

They're so desperate to silence anyone who dares speak out against Germany's complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

But DiEM25 and MERA25 Deutschland will never be silenced!

Dutch police using controversial bokkepootje wrist bend on 4’11” Greta Thunberg for protesting climate collapse and genocide at The Hague

Greta Thunberg opgepakt bij XR-demonstratie op A12 nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/04…

More utter madness from Germany. Yet another Jewish intellectual has been “uninvited”, Nancy Fraser this time.

What’s left of academic freedom? (Concerns with “cancel culture”, anyone?)

Philosophy professor Nancy Fraser, who is Jewish, has been uninvited from a guest professorship in Germany for signing a public letter in support of Palestine

De Utrechtse ‘bangalijst’ heeft grote traumatische effecten op de vrouwen die worden genoemd, zegt advocaat van de ouders Ina Brouwer. “Hun dochters kunnen niet meer slapen, durven niet meer op kamers te wonen, gaan niet meer naar de universiteit.” #Nieuwsuur

Hi world! A message from The Netherlands about #euthanasia . It seems to bother many that this is available here. And I really don’t care about your feelings, your religion, the pulp you read about the subject and anything nasty you have to say. I do feel the need to explain (as…

Only two weeks left to sign up for our wonderful Urban Futures Studio summer school July 8-12! This year's focus is on the fascinating topic of anxiety, backlash, and the political. Apply here by April 15 to join! utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/social…

The Netanyahu regime now pulling off the rare feat of violating both the Geneva Conventions and the Vienna Convention—at the same time. You're living through history, folks.

The aim of the strike which killed 6 foreign and 1 Palestinian aid workers was to assassinate anti-famine efforts in Gaza (even when fully coordinated with the Israeli military) and intensify starvation. World Central Kitchen has now paused its activities, reconsidering mission

Trotse 2e plaats... 🙄

#JobAlert Assistant Professor in Spatial Planning - Are you our new colleague? Do you want to contribute to research and teaching about urban futures? uu.nl/en/organisatio…

Creaturely harvesting: Vervoort, J. M. et al. (2024). 9 Dimensions for evaluating how art and creative practice stimulate societal transformations. Ecology and Society, 29(1). doi.org/10.5751/ES-147…

#openaccess #climatecare #creativepractice #transformations

When research is reclaimed/redesigned to put community knowledge/collective liberation at the center, it looks different in each place/time. Here we pull together underlying principles, practices, processes, and examples that can help guide new efforts. belonging.berkeley.edu/transformative…?

Our paper '9 dimensions for evaluating how art and creative practice stimulate societal transformations' is out! The result of years of work with researchers, artists, funders and policy makers in CreaTures to develop a rich shared language! Link below!

Power analysis is back in full strides in academic research and collaborative work, as transformative power research. And ⁦Flor Avelino⁩ is one of its beacons. Excellent inaugural speech by Flor at Utrecht university today.

Tijdens de heel interessante oratie van Flor Avelino kwam mijn huis bij Aardehuis Oost NL meermaals langs in de begeleidende dia's.
Het ging dan ook om praktische voorbeelden van initiatieven die gewenste toekomst in het hier en nu realiseren ipv te blijven hangen in wensdenken.

Hoogleraar Flor Avelino met een zinderende oratie: megatrots op mijn geweldige en briljante zus! ❤️🌪️

Here is Flor Avelino giving the inaugural speech for her professorship and basically showing everyone what real passionate idealistic but actionable leadership in academia should look like in 2024. Inspiring as hell. 🔥