'a new policy from the D66 liberal democrats proposes giving all children in the Dutch capital
access to outdoor play areas to climb,
play with water and fire,
sword-fight with sticks,
build with hammers, rope or knives, wrestle and fall.
“Rufty-tufty playing
means that children might get a bump or a cut,” according to the policy – but it’s an acceptable risk, they say"
"The inspiration, and it really is a huge problem, is that children are hardly moving,” said Rob Hofland, head of the local D66 and proud uncle of tree-climbing children.
“All kinds of problems stem from just sitting behind a screen.
We see increasing numbers of burnouts and we are learning ever more about how unhealthy it is"
motor skills have declined so much that many children can no longer catch a ball.
motor skills have declined so much that many children can no longer catch a ball.
Challenging activity is vital for cognitive capacity,
according to Erik Scherder, professor in clinical neuropsychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a member of the Netherlands Sports Council, which has called for
more government focus on playing outside.
“What you can do outside involves motor function but also cognitive functions: the interplay between the two is challenging – and challenge is exactly what you need when you have a developing brain,” he said.
“Neurons should be stimulated each time in a different way, not just repeating the same thing.”
"If you are always saying: ‘Don’t do that, be careful, watch out!’, you are taking away a lot of chances for development.”
Back at the play forest, Jackie recalled landing fully clothed in the water, to her brother’s delight"
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"The sole purpose of the Saturday school was to help Black children who were underachieving or being failed by the education system.
At that time, I didn’t know that these facilities were organised throughout the United Kingdom by Black parents, teachers and academics.
In 1971, a London schoolteacher, Bernard Coard, wrote a pamphlet called
How the West Indian Child is Made Educationally Subnormal in the British School System: The Scandal of the Black Child in Schools in Britain. "
"By constantly campaigning and organising and demonstrating and resisting a system that failed their children,
Black parents and teachers helped to eradicate subnormal schools, which undoubtedly I would have attended if this had not occurred.
They liberated all children, Black and white, from being tainted with this ugly brush."
"My second introduction to resistance was from my neighbour, Milton, who would always post various newspaper cuttings in an envelope with my name on it through our door.
These clippings included articles about the miners’ strike and Maurice Bishop, the prime minister of Grenada who had overthrown the previous government in a revolution in 1979"
My first demonstration was marching in central London against the introduction of student loans in 1988.
I remember the exhilaration of being in the crowd and chanting EDUCATION IS A RIGHT, IS A RIGHT, IS A RIGHT, IS A RIGHT, EDUCATION IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE!
I was fortunate enough to grow up at a time when education was free for everyone"
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/02/steve-mcqueen-resistance-turner-contemporary
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"We are getting the dirtbags off the streets.” says Noem, pet killer
Trump has mobilized officers from nearly every federal law enforcement agency and the US military to help carry out his long-promised mass deportation campaign.
But he is also relying on his vast army of rightwing media personalities and influencers to make sure Americans tune in for the crackdown.
Immigration advocates and activists say the Cops TV-style content is a scare tactic.
“This is a publicity stunt to them,”
Donald Trump’s secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, well coiffed and clad in tactical lipstick.
Being in the US without legal documentation is considered a civil offense, not a crime
and advocates argue that people have the right to ask for asylum
regardless of how they enter the country.
"It was a silver lining: the community began to organize.
They chased Arpaio from office and then started to build their own political clout in the battleground state. Trump controversially pardoned the sheriff but he has failed to make a political comeback.
“It puts fear,” he said, “but it also forces us to take matters into our own hands and make the change that is needed for us to have a better community.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/02/trump-immigration-raids-propaganda
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