On February 4th at 19:00 at De Opstand, we will discuss the rest of the book “Interviews with Radical Palestinian women”, including the interviews from 4 to 10 (pages 54 to 129).

DM for copies and location.

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Accessibility information: the event is on the ground floor. There is a (steep) ramp for wheelchair accessibility. A quiet room is also available. The Opstand library and books are upstairs and only accessible via stairs.
We encourage everyone to wear a face mask, do a self test if you have cold-like symptoms and stay home if you have Covid. Face masks and self tests are available. Send us a message if your accessibility needs are not covered.

Join us 28 January @opstand for this film screening!

Laila’s birthday, 2008, directed by Rashid Masharawi.
The film is about Abu Laila, a former Judge now taxi driver in Ramallah. During his day his mission is to pick up a present and a cake for his seven-year-old daughter’s birthday celebration. But the daily life in Palestine has other plans.

Laila’s Birthday is a Palestinian film that works on many levels and speaks of the difficulties of keeping your soul alive in an occupied country where inconvenience, frustrations, and dangers are ever present.

*Trigger warnings: violence*

Doors open 19.00, movie starts at 19.30 and is 1h33m. After the screening we will have a short discussion. DM or email us for the location.

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Accessibility information: the event is on the ground floor. There is a (steep) ramp for wheel chair accessibility. The Opstand library and books are upstairs and only accessible with stairs.
We encourage everyone to wear a face mask, do a self test if you have cold-like symptoms and stay home if you have Covid. Face masks and self tests are available.

21 Jan, from 19h to 22h. Book presentation: Vele Stemmen Wild en Stil. Joke Kaviaar will read some of the poetry from the book (in Dutch). After the presentation, we will have a poetry writing session together (Dutch/English). You can have a copy of the book for €10.

About the book: “In the fervent hope that these poems and drawings contribute something to the fight against those who have declared war on Earth, Joke Kaviaar greets everyone who dares to speak out.”

More info on the artist and the book here:
https://jokekaviaar.nl/

Accessibility information: the event is on the ground floor. There is a (steep) ramp for wheelchair accessibility. A quiet room is also available. The Opstand library and books are upstairs and only accessible via stairs.
We encourage everyone to wear a face mask, do a self test if you have cold-like symptoms and stay home if you have Covid. Face masks and self tests are available. Send us a message is your accessibility needs are not covered.

New round of book discussions with: Interviews with radical Palestinian women.

14th January at 19:00. We will discuss interviews from 1 to 3.

DM for copies and location.

PINK FLAMINGOS
Join us 26 November @opstand.denhaag !

Pink Flamingos, 1972, directed by John Waters
This is a dark comedy about notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine. This movie is 60% around sex or being the filthiest most depraved person alive and 40% hard to follow storyline. It is perverted.
*If you are sensitive and can be triggered easily, then think about if you rather skip this film screening and join us again the next time?

We want to show and discuss this film because we think John Walters is an unique artist that makes films from the sympathetic position of the villain. He goes against the normies and the sterilized beige society. He glamorizes the rogues of society. We would love to discuss his critique on society through the lens of Pink Flamingo.

Trigger warnings: sex & nudity, violence & gore, sexual assault, animal cruelty, cannibalism, drug & alcohol use, and many more. Please check www.doesthedogdie.com for full list of trigger warmings.

Doors open 19.00, movie starts at 19.30 and is 1h33m. After the screening we will have a short discussion. DM or email us for the location.
Accessibility information: the event is on the ground floor. There is a (steep) ramp for wheel chair accessibility. The opstand library and books are upstairs and only accessible with stairs.
We encourage everyone to wear a face mask, do a self test if you have cold-like symptoms and stay home if you have Covid. Face masks and self tests are available.

“In THE BALLAD OF A NEVER-ENDING ELEVATOR ACCIDENT M. Alberto presents a selection of performance poetry written and performed between 2020 and 2024. A collection of critical and meditative work, questioning late-stage capitalism, the city and its borders & the body and its limits – from a queer Black anarchist perspective.”

Send us an email for the location.

More info on the artist and the book here:
https://deb9bc1c-bed0-440d-b7eb-eb579774a322.usrfiles.com/ugd/deb9bc_92bbefb14ee94607a697ee36e5a450f1.pdf

Accessibility information: the event is on the ground floor. There is a (steep) ramp for wheel chair accessibility. A quiet room is also available. The Opstand library and books are upstairs and only accessible via stairs. We encourage everyone to wear a face mask, do a self test if you have cold-like symptoms and stay home if you have Covid. Face masks and self tests are available. Send us a message is your accessibility needs are not covered.

The Opstand goes to the anarchist book fair in Amsterdam. Hope to see you there 😉

Cosy Radical Storytelling;
queer speculative fiction writing session

The stories we tell are constantly shaping our reality as we shape them. These stories move through us, metabolically nestled inside the body, until they are ready to diffuse back out into the world, maybe as new stories. Our storytelling muscles are essential for weaving the worlds we desire and need some training! Come along on the 22nd for a collective writing circle, where will spend time with your imaginations and hopefully write together stories of queer worlds of resistance and regeneration.

No prior writing experience is needed, but if you have an existing idea for a story please bring it along. Or perhaps you have an excerpt of an existing story or favourite speculative fiction book that you can to share with the group? Or an object that prompts imagination? We will propose some short writing exercises to get us started, otherwise we will work with the material you bring and the space will be open for whatever the collective mood invites.

See you for a cosy evening for queer imagination and storytelling.

Hosted by @queeredfutures___lab

Send us an email for the location.

Accessibility information: the event is on the ground floor. There is a (steep) ramp for wheel chair accessibility. The opstand library and books are upstairs and only accessible via stairs.
We encourage everyone to wear a face mask, do a self test if you have cold-like symptoms and stay home if you have Covid. Face masks and self tests are available