On December 23rd, we are hosting another Relationship Anarchy (RA) meetup. We welcome everyone who is interested in discussing RA principles of living and connecting with others. You don’t need to have any prior knowledge. Curiosity and kindness are enough.

If you practice RA and want to discuss the practical side, if you’re looking for advice or just a chat about common experiences, we hope this meetup feels cozy and helpful.

For this end of the year edition, we’re revisiting our personal histories with practicing RA, and talking from lived experience about what worked and what we are still struggling with. We are also very welcoming of spontaneous discussions. This exploration of RA is co-created with all of you.

📅 Tuesday December 23rd
⏲️ Time: 19h00 – 22h00
📍 De Opstand, The Hague (ask your network, DM, or e-mail for the address at boekenwinkelopstand@riseup.net)

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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 refrain from wearing products containing fragrances, to wear a face mask, to do a self-test and to stay home if you have cold-like symptoms. Face masks and self tests are available on location. Send us a message if your accessibility needs are not covered.

We got a lot of new boardgames, so we are hosting a game night for people of all skill levels. Feel free to bring your own games. It will also be regular opening night, you are welcome to check the library too.

📅 Tuesday December 16th
⏲️ Time: 19h00 – 22h00
📍 De Opstand, The Hague (ask your network, DM, or e-mail for the address at boekenwinkelopstand@riseup.net)

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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 refrain from wearing products containing fragrances, to wear a face mask, to do a self-test and to stay home if you have cold-like symptoms. Face masks and self tests are available on location. Send us a message if your accessibility needs are not covered.

On January 20th, we will discuss chapters 3, 4, and 5 of the book “Trans Femme Futures”, by Nat Raha & Mijke van der Drift.

Trans Femme Futures envisions the future through everyday actions that revolutionize our lives. The authors discuss struggles around trans healthcare, the need for collectives over institutions, the importance of mutual care, and transfeminism as abolition. And they show how social change can be achieved through transformative practices that allow queer life to thrive in a time of climate, health, political, and economic crises.

Anyone is invited, whether you read it or not.

DM for copies and location.

📅 Tuesday January 20th

⏲️ Time: 19h00

📍 De Opstand, The Hague (ask your network, DM, or e-mail for the address at boekenwinkelopstand@riseup.net)

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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 refrain from wearing products containing fragrances, to wear a face mask, to do a self-test test and to stay home if you have cold-like symptoms. Face masks and self tests are available on location. Send us a message if your accessibility needs are not covered.

We will be closed Tuesday the 2nd, but open again on the 9th of December.

On November 11th, we are hosting a Relationship Anarchy meetup. We welcome everyone who is interested in these principles of living and connecting with others. You don’t need to have any prior knowledge, curiosity and kindness are enough. If you practice Relationship Anarchy and want to discuss the practical side, if you’re looking for advice or just a chat about common experiences, we hope this meetup feels cozy and helpful.

For this session we aim to have two groups:
One to share experiences, tools and anything else that comes up.

Another group to discuss the following texts:
– https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/andie-nordgren-the-short-instructional-manifesto-for-relationship-anarchy
– https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/andie-nordgren-the-road-to-relationship-anarchy
– https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/karhu-suhdeanarkisti-manifesto-for-relationship-anarchy-2-0

DM for location.

📅 Tuesday November 11th.
⏲️ Time: 19h00
📍 De Opstand, The Hague (ask your network, DM, or e-mail for the address at boekenwinkelopstand@riseup.net)

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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 refrain from wearing products containing fragrances, to wear a face mask, to do a self-test test and to stay home if you have cold-like symptoms. Face masks and self tests are available on location. Send us a message if your accessibility needs are not covered.

Join us on Tuesday 25th of November, 19:00-22:00 for our first Reading Counterpower session. In this session, we will be reading together and discussing: Beyond Molotovs – A Visual Handbook of Anti-Authoritarian Strategies by kollektiv orangotango, 2024.
“Authoritarianism can be defied and defeated: that is the most important lesson of this book”.

📅 Tuesday November 25th
⏲️ Time: 19h00
📍 De Opstand, The Hague (ask your network, DM, or e-mail for the address at boekenwinkelopstand@riseup.net)

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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 refrain from wearing products containing fragrances, to wear a face mask, to do a self-test test and to stay home if you have cold-like symptoms. Face masks and self tests are available on location. Send us a message if your accessibility needs are not covered.

On November 18th, we are hosting a zine-making workshop at the Opstand. Self-published, self-created literature is a means of coming together around shared stories. We will keep the format simple, using a sheet of A4 paper to create a tiny zine, but this format can be expanded to many more pages. The facilitators will show up with some ideas and starting points for journaling together, drawing, writing and folding our pocket-sized zines. At the end of the workshop, we can multiply a few copies of the zines we make, to trade or circulate them more widely.

The workshop will support folx making zines on paper, and digitally as well. If you prefer to create a digital pocket-sized zine, we recommend you bring your laptop with GIMP, the free and open-source graphical design software, already installed. The facilitators will bring a template that folx can use in GIMP, on their laptops, during the workshop. We will be able to print the final results.

📅 Tuesday November 18th
⏲️ Time: 19h00
📍 De Opstand, The Hague (ask your network, DM, or e-mail for the address at boekenwinkelopstand@riseup.net)

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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 refrain from wearing products containing fragrances, to wear a face mask, to do a self-test test and to stay home if you have cold-like symptoms. Face masks and self tests are available on location. Send us a message if your accessibility needs are not covered.

For the Palestine Cinema Days, De Opstand presents Jenin, Jenin, and When I saw you. The screening takes place in the Hangout 070, and the entrance is free!

🎥 Jenin, Jenin (Eng subs, 2002). Documentary, 54 min. Directed by Mohammad Bakri. In 2002, during Israel’s invasion of Jenin refugee camp, journalists were barred and war crime accusations emerged. In this previously banned movie, Mohammad Bakri entered to record residents’ testimonies, giving voice to those silenced.
⏰ 14h30

🎥 When I Saw You (Eng subs, 2012). Drama, 98 min. Directed by Annemarie Jacir. In 1967 Jordan, 11-year-old Tarek wait restless in a refugee camp for a return to Palestine until he discovers a group embodying freedom and hope. His journey with them transforms his life, capturing a moment when youthful idealism and political awakening ignite a path toward change.
⏰ 16h00

📅 Sunday November 2nd. Doors open at 14h00.
📍 De Opstand, The Hague (DM for the address)

On November 2, the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, over 500 Palestinian films will be screened around the world. We are using our channels to support the forcibly canceled Palestine Cinema Days Festival, as an act of amplification for censored Palestinian voices and a contribution to shifting the distorted narrative.

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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 refrain from wearing products containing fragrances, to wear a face mask, to do a self-test and to stay home if you have cold-like symptoms. Face masks and self tests are available on location.
Send us a message if your accessibility needs are not covered.

On October 21st, we are hosting a Relationship Anarchy meetup. We welcome everyone who is interested in these principles of living and connecting with others. You don’t need to have any prior knowledge, curiosity and kindness are enough. If you practice Relationship Anarchy and want to discuss the practical side, if you’re looking for advice or just a chat about common experiences, we hope this meetup feels cozy and helpful.

The hosts of this meetup encourage the attendants to co-create the activities we do in the time we spend together.

DM for location.

📅 Tuesday October 21st.
⏲️ Time: 19h00
📍 De Opstand, The Hague (ask your network, DM, or e-mail for the address at boekenwinkelopstand@riseup.net)

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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 refrain from wearing products containing fragrances, to wear a face mask, to do a self-test test and to stay home if you have cold-like symptoms. Face masks and self tests are available on location. Send us a message if your accessibility needs are not covered.

On October 28th, we will discuss the first two chapters of the book “Trans Femme Futures”, by Nat Raha & Mijke van der Drift.

Trans Femme Futures envisions the future through everyday actions that revolutionise our lives. The authors discuss struggles around trans healthcare, the need for collectives over institutions, the importance of mutual care, and transfeminism as abolition. And they show how social change can be achieved through transformative practices that allow queer life to thrive in a time of climate, health, political and economic crises.

Anyone is invited, whether you read it or not.

DM for copies and location.

📅 Tuesday October 28th

⏲️ Time: 19h00

📍 De Opstand, The Hague (ask your network, DM, or e-mail for the address at boekenwinkelopstand@riseup.net)

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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 refrain from wearing products containing fragrances, to wear a face mask, to do a self-test test and to stay home if you have cold-like symptoms. Face masks and self tests are available on location. Send us a message if your accessibility needs are not covered.