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The Vincent van Gogh paintings Wheat Field (1888), Riverbank with Trees (1887), and View of Amsterdam from Central Station (1885) hanging with a self-portrait of the Dutch artist in the Rijksmuseum, March 2024
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Extinction Rebellion disrupts Rijksmuseum attendance with mass no-show
1 March 2025 - 13:00
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Extinction Rebellion activists block the Utrechtsebaan of the A12 highway in The Hague to protest against fossil fuel subsidies, 26 November 2022
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Mayor bans Extinction Rebellion's planned Amsterdam ring road blockade next week
22 December 2023 - 18:03
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Police deploy a water cannon against Extinction Rebellion activists blocking the A12 in The Hague; May 27, 2023.
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Climate protest will still block Amsterdam ring road despite ING pledge
21 December 2023 - 07:30
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Flag of the Extinction Rebellion movement
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Prominent XR supporters withdraw after Gaza speeches at Amsterdam climate rally
13 November 2023 - 20:40
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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
9 November 2023 - 17:00
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Extinction Rebellion activists block the Utrechtsebaan of the A12 highway in The Hague to protest against fossil fuel subsidies, 26 November 2022
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MP majority in favor of potential phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies
10 October 2023 - 15:20
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Police deploy a water cannon against Extinction Rebellion activists blocking the A12 in The Hague; May 27, 2023.
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XR to court over water cannon use during A12 protests; verdict on October 13
3 October 2023 - 19:00
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Police deploy a water cannon against Extinction Rebellion activists blocking the A12 in The Hague; May 27, 2023.
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Extinction Rebellion takes legal action against water cannon use at A12 protests
25 September 2023 - 13:00
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Police deploy a water cannon against Extinction Rebellion activists blocking the A12 in The Hague; May 27, 2023.
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Police defend referring child climate protestors’ families to social services
12 September 2023 - 16:35
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Protesters block a private jet on the runway of Schiphol on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Warning letters sent to people who claim they did not attend Schiphol climate protest
22 August 2023 - 15:55
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The Europees Massagoed Overslagbedrijf (EMO) at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, September 2014.
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13 climate activists arrested in Rotterdam during protests against coal transshipment
21 July 2023 - 19:40
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Tata Steel in IJmuiden
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No arrests after turbulent action by climate activists at Tata Steel
25 June 2023 - 10:00
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Climate activists block the A12 highway in The Hague to protest government investment in fossil fuels, 26 November 2022
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Extinction Rebellion’s week-long A12 protest begins today
21 May 2023 - 10:50

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