Thursday, 11 June, 2026 – 17:00 to 19:00 Fascism and authoritarianism are often framed as a danger in the future that paradoxically resembles a relapse into the past: If we do not defend our democracy now, we might experience again what we believed to have left behind. Informed by the interventions of black radical thinkers and activists such […]

Thursday, 18 June, 2026 – 17:00 to 19:00 This talk argues that the degrowth movement has two blind spots at its theoretical core. The first concerns militarism. The vast apparatus of modern warfare — the logistics, the accounting systems, the nationalism needed to make people willing to fight — was not a byproduct of capitalist growth but one […]

19 June 2026 / 17:00 – 18:30h @ Fort van Sjakoo Songs and music are integral to anti-caste movements in India. The songs and sonic imaginations inspired by the radical Indian anti-caste thinker and leader Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891—1956) form the anchor for this conversation with writer and publisher from Nagpur/India, Yogesh Maitreya, and Amsterdam-based […]