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Happy Purple Friday!

Today we wear purple for love, freedom and equality.Visibility is not a luxury. Safety i...

12 December 2025
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Joint call from JS and DWARS Noord-Holland - Flevoland

Read our call for cooperation here given the current developments in our party...

28 June 2025
News

Q&A with the department's mascot!

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Q&A with Mokum 🐊 - the one and only mascot of DWARS North Holland -...

29 May 2025
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Support our congressional motion on housing!

DWARS North Holland - Flevoland and JS North Holland desperately need your help! Over the past moon...

16 May 2025
Activities, News

An important message from the Board (regarding COVID-19)

Dear DWARSers,

The board of DWARS Amsterdam has a difficult, but unfortunately necessary decision to...

09 October 2020
Join us, News

DWARS Amsterdam seeks new board!

This coming year (2020-2021), DWARS Amsterdam needs a new board again! Therefore, we are looking for...

18 May 2020
News

[Press release] Youth organisation GroenLinks to Amsterdam municipal elections with its own list

AMSTERDAM, 1 April 2020 - DWARS Amsterdam, the local political youth organisation affiliated to Groe...

01 April 2020
Activities, News

Announcement: until 1 June only online activities at DWARS Amsterdam

In our previous update, it was mentioned that all activities at DWARS Amsterdam will be held until 31 March...

26 March 2020
Activities, News

Announcement: meetings cancelled until 31 March due to corona

In line with measures taken by DWARS nationwide, upcoming activities until March 31 will...

13 March 2020
News

New board

Last Tuesday 18 June, a new board was elected at the General Branch Meeting!

Pres...

21 June 2019
News, Press releases

Already, an opinion piece on the Red Light District has appeared in the Parool supported by DWARS Amsterdam....

09 February 2019
News

Open letter: Preserve the Lutkemeer polder

This Wednesday, the Amsterdam City Council will meet to discuss building on the Lutkemeerpolder, the laa...

21 November 2018
News, Press releases

Waiting is not an option!

Long waiting lists in the mental health sector are unacceptable and there needs to be a concerted regional approach to...

18 October 2018
News

Macron and the illumination, Trump and the FBI, Buma's switch to the Short-Term Party and nationalism/patriotism

Media digest #2

It's a week later and here is the second media digest! Now that I happen to pre...

11 May 2017
News

First media digest with: #Keizergate, Vega/flexitarianism, the EU/Scotland/Ireland and Big Capital!

Media digest #1

Of course, the members of DWARS Amsterdam chat a lot with each other; they do ...

04 May 2017
News

Plan DWARS “Weed on roof Stopera: green and profitable” in the Parool!

Check out the article in the Parool here!

“Weed on rooftop Stopera: green and profitable”

We, G...

01 April 2017
News, Press releases

Press release: “Stop ban on honking taxis in city centre? Feeble solution to a big problem”

Stadsdeel Centrum brought out good news: honking taxis on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal and...

27 March 2017
News, Press releases

Press release: When Mark Rutte shouts “fuck off”, it becomes the norm on the street, research shows

Today, the Meldpunt Discriminatie Regio Amsterdam reported that in the past year, the number of complaints...

21 March 2017
News, Press releases

Press release: “In-depth investigation” into nightlife discrimination - 28 February 2017

A council survey on discrimination at the door in nightlife found that of d...

28 February 2017
News, Press releases

DWARS Amsterdam in the media

Reports on our actions regularly appear in the media. Below is an overview.

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27 July 2016