“It requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.” These words by Emma Goldman, renowned feminist and anarchist activist, are timely in the current political situation in the Netherlands, where reckless budget cuts on account of preconceived notions about art production seem more favourable to a neoliberal government than a consideration of how the arts might contribute to society and what can be done to preserve our outstanding artistic climate. The fight against the proposed budget measures is urgent and necessary right now. Below you’ll find some of the upcoming actions listed – see you there!

• Culture In Context: Preserving What Has Been Learned
  Open letter and reading by Jeremiah Day
  23 June, 10:00 hrs
  Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
  Read the letter here

• Town hall meeting Come Together
  23 June 2011, 19:00 – 22:00 hrs
  Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  www.stedelijk.nl

• Boijmans Bezet
  26 June 11:00 – 17:00 hrs
  Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
  www.schuileninhetrijks.nl

• Mars der Beschaving
  26 June – 27 June, 20:00 – 15:30 hrs
  from Rotterdam to Den Haag
  www.marsderbeschaving.nl

• Protest at Binnenhof
  27 June, 10:00 hrs
  Binnenhof, Den Haag

For an overview of all activities, go to the website schadekaart.nl.

For more information on the budget cuts, read the Appeal for Response by De Zaak Nu.