Shows
De VerbrandersEp 20: Deporting Black Britons. With Luke de Noronha (English).In our conversation today, we talk to Luke de Noronha about his book Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of deportation to Jamaica. Meant as a contribution to the collective struggle against racism and deportation, the book tells the life stories of four men who grew up in the UK, were deported to Jamaica following criminal conviction, and now struggle to survive and rebuild their lives in the Caribbean.
We start the conversation talking about Luke’s process of conducting research for this book. We talk about his friendship with the four men he writes about, and what this friendhip meant – and cont...2022-06-271h 18De VerbrandersEp 19: Humanitarian borders. With Polly Pallister-Wilkins (English).Our guest today is Polly Pallister-Wilkins. We talk to Polly about humanitarian borderwork. Polly came up with this term to point to the complicated relationship between violent mobility injustice and the life-saving rescue efforts that occur in response. What does it mean when humanitarianism is the main response to death and suffering at the border? What lines can be drawn between today’s humanitarian borders, colonialism and white supremacy?
Graphic design by Thomas from Dark Roast (www.instagram.com/thomas.darkroast)
Theme music: David (guitar) and Joris (drums)
Theme music: Allen (accordion) and Neske (violin), after Doina from the Fanfare Ci...2022-05-091h 14De VerbrandersEp 18: No Borders & A decolonization worth fighting for. With Nandita Sharma (English).Our guest today is Nandita Sharma. Nandita is a professor of sociology at the University of Hawaii and an active member of several social movements, including the No Borders movement and movements struggling for the planetary commons.
In our conversation today, we talk about Nandita's recent book Home Rule: National sovereignty and the separation of natives and migrants (2020).
In this book, she profoundly questions the idea that humanity can be divided up into nations, and that each nation can claim a particular place on this earth and demarcate it as theirs. As countless historical and contemporary examples show, Nandita explains...2022-03-141h 28De VerbrandersAfl 17: Activisme in de gemeenteraad. Met Jazie Veldhuyzen (Nederlands).Jazie is activist en strijd sinds 2020 als fractievoorzitter van BIJ1 in de gemeenteraad in Amsterdam, onder andere tegen het algemene ontmoedigingsbeleid dat er op gericht is om het voor niet-rijke en geracialiseerde mensen uit voormalige koloniën zo moeilijk mogelijk te maken om naar Nederland te komen en hier een leven op te bouwen. Dat ontmoedigen gebeurt vooral door steeds selectiever grensbeleid en de koppelingswet die sinds 1998 van kracht is en verblijfstatus aan toegang tot legaal werk en overheidsvoorzieningen koppelt.
In de aflevering vertelt Jazie over hoe dat ontmoedigingsbeleid er in de praktijk uitziet en welke mogelijkheden de gemeente Amsterdam z...2022-02-2159 minDe VerbrandersEp 16: We are still here. With Sami Tsegaye (English).We talk to Sami about illegalization in the Netherlands, and about the Landelijk Vreemdelingen Voorziening, a temporary shelter that offers no solutions, because people are being deported against their will, or, if they cannot be deported, end up on the street again. At the moment, politicians are debating whether or not the LVV should continue until after it’s initial period of one and a half year. In the meantime, people are being put on the street. So, Sami and a few of his comrades decided to start the group “We Are Still Here”. Together, they are saying loud and clear...2022-02-0743 minDe VerbrandersEp 15: Nationalism, sexism, border guards. With Maryla Klajn (English).We talk to Maryla about her research on how Polish border guards use their discretionary power, or the wiggle room they have as they implement the law.
Maryla worked with polish border guards for half a year, first at one of the regional headquarters and then at three different outposts, where she went on ride-alongs to see for herself how border guards carry out their work on the ground. She describes the nationalist and blatantly racist and sexist ways in which border guards talk about their work and people on the move, and the violence that they deploy when they...2022-01-3152 minDe VerbrandersAfl 14: Grenzen, kraken, solidariteit. Met Joyce & Sinne - deel 2 (Nederlands).Dit is deel 2 van ons gesprek met Joyce en Sinne. Joyce en Sinne zetten zich al jaren actief in als supporters van Wij Zijn Hier, een groep mensen die sinds 2012 door Amsterdam trekt om collectief te protesteren tegen het Nederlandse vreemdelingenbeleid. Mocht je nog niet hebben geluisterd naar de eerste aflevering dan raden we je aan dat te doen!
In deze aflevering spreken we over de laatste jaren van Wij Zijn Hier, onder burgemeester Femke Halsema. We praten over de introductie van de LVV, de Landelijke Vreemdelingen Voorziening, en de pogingen van de gemeente om Wij Zijn Hier daarin op...2022-01-2448 minDe VerbrandersAfl 13: Grenzen, kraken, solidariteit. Met Joyce & Sinne - deel 1 (Nederlands).In de aflevering vandaag spreken we met Joyce en Sinne. Joyce en Sinne zetten zich al jaren actief in als supporters van Wij Zijn Hier, een groep mensen die sinds 2012 door Amsterdam trekt om collectief te protesteren tegen het Nederlandse vreemdelingenbeleid. Dit is deel 1 van ons gesprek. Vanaf volgende week kun je luisteren naar deel 2.
We spreken over de eerste jaren van Wij Zijn Hier, van de Notweg tot aan de Vluchtgarage. Joyce en Sinne vertellen hoe Wij Zijn Hier tot stand kwam, waarom kraken door de jaren heen de enige manier bleek om het protest van de groep door...2022-01-171h 07De VerbrandersEp 12: Deportation, racism, departheid. With Barak Kalir (English).This is our second episode with Barak Kalir. In this episode, we talk about Barak's research into deportation in Spain. We talk about the organizational culture of the Spanish police and their focus on deporting what they refer to as "foreign criminals." We talk about the so-called tragedy of Tarajal, and why we should really refer to this event as a racist attack. And we talk about the role of NGOs in implementing "voluntary" returns, and what voluntary really means in this context.
And finally, we talk about Barak’s concept "departheid." How it helps us think about the colonial ro...2022-01-1059 minDe VerbrandersEp 11: Counter-mapping pushbacks. With Rosa from Alarm Phone (English).Our guest today is Rosa from the Alarm Phone. We talk to Rosa about the situation at the Turkish – Greek border. In the past few years, Greek authorities have increasingly pushed back people on the move, using more and more violence. This is happening both at sea, where the Greek coast guard forces people back into Turkish waters, and on the land border, where the Greek border police detains people before driving them back to Turkey. Rosa explains how important the videos and testimonies of people on the move are in documenting these violent practices. She also talks about attempts by...2021-12-2049 minDe VerbrandersEp 10: Coordinated death in the Mediterranean Sea. With Deanna & Hela from Alarm Phone (English).In this episode, we talk to Deanna & Hela (Alarm Phone) about the current situation in the Central Mediterranean Sea, and the work Alarm Phone does in that context. Deanna & Hela explain how European coordination is increasingly directed, not at rescuing people, but at preventing people from being rescued and being brought to Europe, resulting in deaths at sea and pushbacks to Libya.
Music by Caspian Hat Dance - U rusciu te lu mare
lllustrations by B. Carrot, i.a. from Alle Dagen Ui, published by Soul Food Comics. For more of B. Carrot see www.instagram.com/bcarrotdraws and www...2021-12-1351 minDe VerbrandersEp 9: A colonial history of the passport. With Radhika Mongia (English).Nowadays, states have a monopoly to control migration. And because this is the case, we tend to think of this monopoly as a natural and defining element of state sovereignty, as something that has been around for as long as states have existed. Radhika argues that this is not the case. State control over migration is only a recent aspect of the state.
Our conversation today roughly follows the arc of Radhika’s 2018 book, Indian Migration and Empire: A Colonial Genealogy of the Modern State. In it, she looks at Indian colonial migrations from about 1834, when Britain abolished slavery, up un...2021-12-061h 12De VerbrandersAfl 8: Gender, seksualiteit, grenzen. Met Saskia Bonjour (Nederlands).Over de grenzen tussen “wij” en “zij” die door het tegen elkaar afzetten van gender- en seksualiteitsnormen gecreëerd werden.
Saskia vertelt hoe die grens in de Nederlandse koloniën en tijdens de dekolonisatie tastbaar werd gemaakt via het personen- en familierecht, dat bepaalde wie er wel en niet Nederlander was en hoe je Nederlander kon worden en hoe die grens later en tot op de dag vandaag tastbaar wordt gemaakt via het familieherenigingsbeleid, dat bepaalt wie er wel en niet partners en familie van elkaar zijn, en dus voor hereniging in aanmerking komen.
llustraties door B. Carrot, o.a. uit Alle D...2021-11-2956 minDe VerbrandersAfl 7: Hoe Nederland van Seawatch afkwam. Met Anne van Seawatch (Nederlands).Over de reeks van obstakels die Nederland opwierp om er voor te zorgen dat Seawatch niet meer onder Nederlandse vlag zou varen, in de context van een op Europees niveau gecoördineerde strategie om zeenoodredding door ngo's en activisten zo moeilijk mogelijk te maken.
Muziek: Heading on back to the the hills van The Bucket Boyz. Voor meer, zie https://thebucketboyz.bandcamp.com/
llustraties door B. Carrot, o.a. uit Alle Dagen Ui, uitgegeven door Soul Food Comics. Voor meer B. Carrot zie www.instagram.com/bcarrotdraws/ en www.bcarrot.nl
Grafische vormgeving door Thomas van Dark Roast (www.instagram.c...2021-11-221h 27
De VerbrandersEp 6: Inside immigration detention. With Saied Al Karim (English).Saied Al Karim arrived to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam in 2016, applied for asylum, was rejected, and subsequently moved to an immigration detention center. He was kept there for fourteen months, after which he was put on the street because he was deemed 'undeportable'. Many months later, he was granted asylum. In this episode, he shares his insights on the Dutch detention and deportation regime and the people that work for it, and talks about his efforts to resist the system from inside the prison.
For more on immigration detention in the Netherlands, see www.stichtinglos.nl and www.meldpuntvreemdelingendetentie.nl...2021-11-1557 minDe VerbrandersEp 5: Deportation and the banality of evil. With Barak Kalir (English).On the Dutch deportation regime and the violence and racism on which it builds. And on what people working for the deportation agency do to mitigate the feeling of contributing to the violence and racism.
Music by Kostas Bezos
lllustrations by B. Carrot, i.a. from Alle Dagen Ui, published by Soul Food Comics. For more of B. Carrot see www.instagram.com/bcarrotdraws and www.bcarrot.nl
Graphic design by Thomas from Dark Roast (www.instagram.com/thomas.darkroast)
Theme music: David (guitar) and Joris (drums)
Theme music: Allen (accordion)and Neske (violin), after Doina from the Fanfare Ciocarlia2021-11-081h 34De VerbrandersAfl 4: Migratierecht, kolonialisme, 'ras'. Met Thomas Spijkerboer (Nederlands).Over de koloniale geschiedenis van migratie en migratierecht, en hoe die geschiedenis doorwerkt in het Europese grenssysteem van vandaag de dag: een systeem dat zo gebouwd is dat mensen met een Europees paspoort goedkoop, eenvoudig, en snel de wereld over kunnen reizen terwijl anderen, vooral niet-rijke en geracialiseerde mensen uit voormalig gekoloniseerde gebieden tegen worden gehouden en als ze toch willen reizen, geïllegaliseerd worden en noodgedwongen op gammele bootjes stappen.
llustraties door B. Carrot, o.a. uit Alle Dagen Ui, uitgegeven door Soul Food Comics. Voor meer B. Carrot zie www.instagram.com/bcarrotdraws/ en www.bcarrot.nl
Grafische v...2021-11-011h 02De VerbrandersEp 3: Solidarity is not a crime. With Sascha from the Iuventa crew (English).In March 2021, the Italian prosecutor officially charged Sascha and others from the Iuventa Crew with “aiding and abetting illegal immigration.” They now risk up to 20 years in prison. In this episode Sascha talks to us about his political background and beliefs, the daily reality of search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean, and the hallucinatory events that ultimately led to the charges pressed against him, which include espionage, in-depth surveillance, undercover operations, and media set-ups. And we talk about the criminalization of solidarity, and how we can make sure this criminalization does not stop us, but motivates us to continue to o...2021-10-251h 21De VerbrandersEp 2: No one is illegal. With Maryama Omar from We Are Here (English).On migrant illegalization, exploitation in the name of help, racism, and solidarity.
After years of fighting, Maryama was granted asylum, but, as she explains in this episode, too many of the people of We Are Here are still having to fight to survive. On Saturday October 23rd, we will join them to protest against temporary solutions and for permanent residency for all! Come join us too and show your solidarity. Start 13:00, at Javaplantsoen 17-19 in Amsterdam. See their facebook event for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1096340994505282/?ref=newsfeed
lllustrations by B. Carrot, i.a. from Alle Dagen Ui...2021-10-1856 minDe VerbrandersAfl 1: Grenzen, ecologie, kolonialisme. Met Amade M'charek (Nederlands).Over hoe Europa's grenzen dood produceren en hoe dat nooit los kan worden gezien van de mogelijkheden die mensen hebben tot leven.
Voor meer van Amade M'charek en kunstenaar Mohsen Lihidheb, zie de Zembla aflevering "Dromen van een begraafplaats": https://www.bnnvara.nl/zembla/artikelen/dromen-van-een-begraafplaats
llustraties door B. Carrot, o.a. uit Alle Dagen Ui, uitgegeven door Soul Food Comics. Voor meer B. Carrot zie www.instagram.com/bcarrotdraws/ en www.bcarrot.nl
Grafische vormgeving door Thomas van Dark Roast (www.instagram.com/thomas.darkroast/)
Zee en zang uit de film Asmat van Dagmawi Yimer (https://vimeo.com/114849871)
Themamuziek...2021-10-1153 minDe VerbrandersPreviewIn De Verbranders gaan we in gesprek met migranten, activisten en wetenschappers over de koloniale oorsprong van Europa's grenzen, de ongelijkheid die grenzen vandaag de dag produceren en verzet tegen Europa's grensbeleid. Hier alvast een voorproefje.
Zee en zang uit de film Asmat van Dagmawi Yimer (https://vimeo.com/114849871)
Themamuziek door David (gitaar) en Joris (drums)
Themamuziek door Allen (accordeon) en Neske (viool), naar Doina, van de Fanfare Ciocarlia2021-09-2904 min