About
What to expect
The evening looks at the right to demonstrate and where protest becomes disruption, and Jan Brouwer opens it.
- A majority in the Tweede Kamer wants restrictions
- Examples include highway blockades and the A12
- Mayors get more powers
- Cabinet proposes smurfenverf and rubber bullets for police
- Researchers warn tougher action leads to harder protesters
Questions
When does Viva la revolución: how far may the demonstration go? start and end?
Viva la revolución: how far may the demonstration go? runs Wednesday, 2 December 2026, 20:30.
Where is Viva la revolución: how far may the demonstration go??
Viva la revolución: how far may the demonstration go? takes place at De Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam.
What topics does the evening cover?
The evening looks at the limits of the right to demonstrate.
A majority in the Tweede Kamer wants restrictions.
Farmers drive tractors onto the motorway.
Climate activists repeatedly block the A12.
Officers and firefighters are pelted at azc’s in Loosdrecht and IJsselstein.
Fireworks are thrown at police on the Malieveld.
It covers prosecution of highway blockades, more powers for mayors, the cabinet's wish to equip police with smurfenverf and rubber bullets, and a call to ban face-covering clothing.
Researchers and the National Ombudsman warn tougher action leads to harder protesters.
Which questions does the evening ask?
Where protest ends and rebellion begins, and who draws that line: the judge, the mayor or the street.
Amsterdam
Getting there
De Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 1017 RR Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
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