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The recent revelations of transgressive behavior at The Voice of Holland
There is a lot of commotion amongst the Dutch people concerning the recent revelations about transgressive behavior within the television program The Voice of Holland. Important and influential figures in the media sector, including Jeroen Rietbergen, Martijn Nieman, Marco Borsato and Ali B, were accused of sexually transgressive behavior towards female (and in some cases underage) candidates of the program. This behavior occurred throughout the entire duration of the program. The backlash is justified, but the revelations do not surprise us.
On the developments in Kazakhstan
Statement NCPN and CJB The NCPN and CJB stand in solidarity with the strikes and protests of the working class in Kazakhstan, which struggles against the exploitation, rising prices, unemployment and poverty that afflict the people 30 years after the...
“With you in solidarity” CJB congratulates FJC (Mexico) with 3rd congress
The 3rd Congress of the Federation of Young Communists of Mexico (FJC), the youth organisation that is affiliated with the Communist Party of Mexico (PCM), took place in late December. The CJB send the following message to the FJC.
New years greeting NCPN and CJB
We want to wish all workers a good and militant 2022. It will be a year in which the solidarity between, and the struggle of, the working class will be even more important than it was in the past. The signs of an oncoming capitalist crisis were already showing, but Covid-19 has accelerated this process greatly. In 2022 we will continue to feel its effects. Right now, the blow of the crisis is softened by our government’s measures that are designed to subsidize businesses and keep purchasing power stable. The rising levels of inflation are a sign that these measures have reached their limit. We can expect that, once again, the working class will be made to pay the bill of this crisis.
About the developments regarding the pandemic, the new measures and the discussion on 2g
Once again, thousands of people are suffering from the consequences of a corona infection, hospitals are overloaded and regular healthcare is being scaled down with major consequences for all people who desperately need this care. The ongoing pandemic and its effects on social life are also having a major impact on the mental health of many people. The government is again introducing half-hearted measures that mainly affect leisure activities and above all have the aim to ensure that big corporations continue to profit. At the same time, the government is shrugging off its own responsibility under the guise of our ‘individual responsibility’, and fuels the discussion on ‘2G’ as another bogus solution of a government that refuses to fight the pandemic effectively.
NCPN and CJB denounce police violence at housing protests
Central Committee of the NCPN and the Central Committee of the CJB The New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN) and the Communist Youth Movement (CJB) condemn the excessive police violence against peaceful protesters during the housing demonstration in Rotterdam...