🎥 Pesta Babi by Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Cypri Paju Dale (2026). An investigative documentary on the rapid deforestation of ancestral lands in South Papua caused by the expansion of large-scale agribusiness. It reveals how slogans such as “food security” and “energy transition” mask colonial exploitation, against which local indigenous communities have already erected hundreds of crosses in protest.

📅 Tuesday July 14th
⏲️ Time: 19h00 – 22h00 (movie length 95 min + discussion)
📍 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.

Puzzle night at De Opstand!
Come play jigsaw puzzles with us on Tuesday night. It’s satisfying to solve them together, and it can help find grounding when the world is depressing and chaotic.
And we just got some new thematic puzzles!

📅 Tuesday June 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 June 23rd, 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.

In this session, we are discussing a changes in relationships, either coming closer or taking steps back. We will talk about responsibilities, rituals, tools and other aspects related to it. We welcome stories of lived experience with making decisions in situations where people are more at odds than in agreement. We want to explore how relationship anarchy can guide us through this process.

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.

📅 Tuesday June 23rd
⏲️ 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.

Puzzle night at De Opstand!
Come make jigsaw puzzles with us on Tuesday night. It’s satisfying to solve them together, and it can help find grounding when the world is depressing and chaotic.
Snacks and puzzles will be provided!

📅 Tuesday May 12th
⏲️ 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 May 19th, we will discuss chapters 4 and 5 of the book “Undoing Suicidism”, by Alexandre Baril.

In Undoing Suicidism, Alexandre Baril argues that suicidal people are oppressed by what he calls structural suicidism, a hidden oppression that, until now, has been unnamed and under-theorized. Each year, suicidism and its preventionist script and strategies reproduce violence and cause additional harm and death among suicidal people through forms of criminalization, incarceration, discrimination, stigmatization, and pathologization. This is particularly true for marginalized groups experiencing multiple oppressions, including queer, trans, disabled, or Mad people.

Anyone is invited, whether you read it or not. The book is available to download at https://temple.manifoldapp.org/projects/undoing-suicidism

DM for the location.

📅 Tuesday May 19th

⏲️ 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 April 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.

In this session, we are discussing a particular dynamic: veto power. We will introduce what a “veto” is, in the context of ethical non-monogamy, and we invite you to a discussion around it. Do we want to use it? Or do we want to avoid it, and why? We welcome stories of lived experience with making decisions in situations where people are more at odds than in agreement. We want to explore how relationship anarchy can guide us through this process.

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.

📅 Tuesday April 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 Tuesday, we will be 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 April 7th
⏲️ 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.

🎥 Do You Know That I’m With You (WIP) بىلەمسەن مەن سەن بىلەن بىللە
by Darya Andijan (Uyghur/Uzbek, Netherlands, 2024-ongoing). Docu-fiction.

This short movie is an artistic research project exploring political erasure of female history in the Uyghur region of China. Central to the film is Gülem, a mystical figure from Uyghur oral tradition linked to carpet weaving, whose fragmented legacy symbolizes silenced female makers. Through critical fabulation, myth-making, and Sufism, the director embarks on a journey across Transoxiana to piece together Gülem’s presence. The film weaves together imprisoned poet Gulnisa Imin’s verses, read by Uyghur women in diaspora, multi-voiced narration, and archival footage. Poetic yet narrative-driven, it evokes Gülem’s enduring presence through voices, images, and texts, confronting memory, resistance, and identity.

Discussion by @daryaaaandijan , filmmaker and artistic researcher from Central Asia.

📅 Friday April 3rd
⏲️ 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.