Kick Out Zwarte Piet

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Aldermen Sofyan Mbarki, Hester van Buren, Zita Pels, Rutger Groot Wassink, and Touria Meliani lay flowers during the commemoration of the February Strike of 1941 at the Dokwerker in Amsterdam. The event is organized jointly by the Committee for the Commemoration of the February Strike 1941 and the City of Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam honors February strike 85 years after historic protest against Nazi occupation
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One in seven Gelderland Sinterklaas parties still use blackface makeup on Piet
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Protestors call for an end to the use of blackface to portray Zwarte Piet. 16 November 2019
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Amsterdam awards 2 anti-blackface activists for making Sinterklaas party more inclusive
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Yerseke cancels Sinterklaas arrival party over Kick Out Zwarte Piet protest
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Last Kick Out Zwarte Piet protests planned in Yerseke and Texel on November 15
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Children dressed as Piet at the arrival of Sinterklaas in Dordrecht. 17 Nov. 2018
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Kick Out Zwarte Piet enters final month as campaign for inclusive Sinterklaas ends
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Protestors call for an end to the use of blackface to portray Zwarte Piet. 16 November 2019
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Kick Out Zwarte Piet will no longer protest at Sinterklaas arrival parties
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A sign calling for an end to the use of blackface to portray Zwarte Piet. 16 November 2019
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Kick Out Zwarte Piet in Yerseke attacked with eggs, emergency order in effect
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Sinterklaas and various Pieten at a school in Amsterdam, 5 December 2019
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Sinterklaas arrivals marked by festivities and protests
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Police form a line blocking Zwarte Piet protestors in Amsterdam. Nov. 16, 2014 (tui_tues/Twitter)
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Activist group plans four protest days against blackface Zwarte Piet
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Police form a line blocking Zwarte Piet protestors in Amsterdam. Nov. 16, 2014 (tui_tues/Twitter)
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Kick Out Zwarte Piet: unsafe situation due to late police action in De Lier
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The police in De Lier expelled a group of people who threw fireworks at Kick Out Zwarte Piet demonstrators.
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Kick Out Zwarte Piet in De Lier attacked with fireworks and eggs, police intervene
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A sign calling for an end to the use of blackface to portray Zwarte Piet. 16 November 2019
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Several anti-Zwarte Piet protests planned next week
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A photo taken by Zwarte Piet protestors from inside a car that was attacked by counter-protestors, including some in blackface, who attempted to stop the scheduled protest at the Sinterklaas arrival in Staphorst. 19 November 2022
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Police failed to protect anti-blackface protesters in Staphorst riots: Inspectorate
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A photo taken by Zwarte Piet protestors from inside a car that was attacked by counter-protestors, including some in blackface, who attempted to stop the scheduled protest at the Sinterklaas arrival in Staphorst. 19 November 2022
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Extinction Rebellion protesters at Eindhoven Airport, March 2023.
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A photo taken by Zwarte Piet protestors from inside a car that was attacked by counter-protestors, including some in blackface, who attempted to stop the scheduled protest at the Sinterklaas arrival in Staphorst. 19 November 2022
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Four to be prosecuted for abusing anti-Blackface protestors at Sinterklaas arrival
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Mayor Femke Halsema with the Amsterdam residents warded in the annual "lintjesregen" the day before King's Day, 26 April 2023
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Over 2,800 receive Dutch Royal honor, including Kenley Jansen & anti-Zwarte Piet activist
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Police collecting demonstrators' personal data on a large scale
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Extinction Rebellion activists protest against blackface Zwarte Piet at a city council meeting in Emmen, 7 November 2022
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Court says police reacted too harshly at anti-Zwarte Piet protest in Emmen
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Police at the A28 offramp to Staphorst where people in blackface surrounded Kick Out Zwarte Piet cars to harass the protesters and stop them reaching their demonstration at the Sinterklaas arrival party, 19 November 2022
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Tractors blocked cops from protecting anti-blackface protesters near Staphorst: Police
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A sign calling for an end to the use of blackface to portray Zwarte Piet. 16 November 2019
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Staphorst city council denounces violent blocking of anti-blackface protest