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Contribution of the CJB at the event “Science and Education: In the interest of the monopolies, or in the interest of the people?”
Education system in the Netherlands When considering the Dutch education system and its development it is important to realize two things. Firstly, the education system is shaped by and under the direct influence of the political and economic changes. Secondly, the...
Contribution of KNE at the event “Science and Education: In the interest of the monopolies, or in the interest of the people?”
Dear Comrades and Friends, We can start our statement with a story from Germany. I don’t know if you have watched the documentary titled “Light Bulb Conspiracies”. In 1981 in a science exhibition in Hannover, engineers from East Germany presented a light bulb used at...
On the question of power
Contribution of the CJB for the 13th “Meeting of European Communist Youth Organisations” (MECYO) in Istanbul. Contribution for Conference: “100 years after the Great October Socialist Revolution we hold high the flag of October! We strengthen the youth struggle in...
Bad in theory, bad in practice: anti-communism versus the labour and popular movements
On behalf of the Communist Youth Movement of the Netherlands, I would like to thank the Communist Youth of Turkey for organising today’s seminar, and for the selection of the topic of anti-communism. We consider this a subject of the utmost importance. In our daily work, one of the most dangerous illusions one could foster is the idea that anti-communism is no longer a threat, because the youth in the Netherlands and the rest of the Western world are no longer being raised in the Cold War mindset. We risk deluding ourselves into thinking that this automatically makes them more receptive towards class consciousness, or at least less prejudiced towards us.