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Today employees of the #UniversityofAmsterdam #UvA are on #strike to protest against the budget cuts for education that are pushed by our far right government. (objectstore.surf.nl)

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Today employees of the #UniversityofAmsterdam #UvA are on #strike to protest against the budget cuts for education that are pushed by our far right government.

Universities are a place of wonder, curiosity and resistance.

This world is in desperate need of all of these things.

Update: there were 5000 of us today. And a student and I even made it to the main newspaper pic. 💅

#WOInActie #HOInActie #FNV #AOB #Onderwijsbezuinigingen #BudgetCuts @unions@sh.itjust.works @unions@lemmy.ml

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[–] allo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have a dog named Misha.

[–] MishaVelthuis@social.edu.nl 2 points 1 week ago

@allo That's a gorgeous dog that I gladly share my name with.

[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Wow 5 whole people. And you all make fun of the US for only having a few hundred or thousand at a time?

[–] Heyting@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

I don’t know if you’re joking but this was posted before the strike started and it looks like it’s a picture of some teachers picketing or preparing for the march. Information on turnout will probably come out at the end of the day, but my estimation is that it’ll be a few thousand.

[–] MishaVelthuis@social.edu.nl 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@metaldream @Heyting In the end more than 5000 people gathered on the city's main square.

https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/we-pikken-die-middelvinger-van-de-overheid-niet-langer-duizenden-betogers-bij-onderwijsprotest-in-amsterdam/~b455ea06/

[–] Heyting@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

That’s amazing, great job

[–] MishaVelthuis@social.edu.nl 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

@metaldream because it does not show on Mastodon, I'm sharing the spot-on comment by @Heyting

https://lemmy.ml/comment/17336269

[–] Huubje@ieji.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

@metaldream @MishaVelthuis oh we rightly make fun of the US for an endless number of things, on every potential occasion, but things like this are not one of them. These get an "awww they're just like us ❤️"