Radical Sunday School: Open Session, Theory & Practice

By: börek - February 14th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday February 23, 2025, Radical Sunday School: Open Session, Theory & Practice. From 18:00 till 20:00.In this year’s second open session of Radical Sunday School, we wanted to reflect on what the activist community’s relationship with “theory” and “practice” is. How can RSS play a better role in supporting our community as we try to make the world better?

We have had sessions in the past that we feel have been a bit too “theoretical”, and so we want to hear from all of you: What does it mean to be “too theoretical”? What’s the right balance between theory and practice when it comes to radical education? What would your ideal RSS class look like?

This session is also an opportunity to get to know the collective, ask what we’re trying to work on, and how you can get involved yourself!

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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Radical Sunday School: Why does everyone hate the NL?

By: börek - February 14th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday February 16, 2025, Radical Sunday School: Why does everyone hate the NL? From 18:00 till 20:00.In this session, we will talk about what it is like to be a foreigner in the Netherlands, about making connection to the land and the people, especially when at heart you don’t believe in borders and nations. We will also talk about what it is like for Dutch people to see so many people from elsewhere come and go and how to share the beautiful parts of their country and culture. Together we will think about what we can do to enjoy living here and try to find an answer to “Why would anybody want to live here?”.

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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Radical Sunday School: How to Run a Community Dinner

By: börek - February 4th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday February 9, 2025, Radical Sunday School: How to Run a Community Dinner. From 18:00 till 20:00.Have you ever been to a community dinner or “Voku”, and heard the people say “Do you also want to do a Voku?” But how do you actually do that? Where do you start?
Vokus are volunteer run dinners where they usually raise money for some cause, group or person in need. In many places this looks like a 3 course meal for around 50 people.
This Sunday at Radical Sunday School we are hosting a knowledge sharing session where experienced cooks from different social centers and to-be new cooks can gather and learn from each other.
We will talk about: where to get started, joining to help out, portion control and quantity estimates, skip, food safety, allergies, kitchen safety and cleaning. And much more!!

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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Radical Sunday School: How to Make Friends, Putting the Social Back in Socialism

By: börek - February 2nd, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday February 2, 2025, Radical Sunday School: How to Make Friends, Putting the Social Back in Socialism. From 18:00 till 20:00.Do you ever feel lonely? Do you feel like you don’t know how to make friends? Do you wish you could find communities to support you? In this very practical edition of Radical Sunday School, we’re going to learn some individual strategies for talking to strangers and making new friends. While we’re at it, we’ll learn about how loneliness is a systemic problem of class society, how friendship can change the world, and how anyone who wants to start a social revolution needs to learn how to say “hello, my name is…”

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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Radical Sunday School: AI and Discrimination

By: börek - January 16th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday January 26, 2025, Radical Sunday School: AI and Discrimination. From 18:00 till 20:00.In recent years, the use of Artificial Intelligence has been growing more and more in our society. This is due to the push for greater efficiency in performing different tasks and, at the same time, the desire to make more objective decisions free from human influence—or so it is claimed. From the judicial and penitentiary systems to tax control, from companies aiming to speed up hiring processes to banks approving loans, AI is being increasingly implemented.

However, the use of AI can often be unfair to certain social groups and may reinforce existing biases, ultimately worsening the living conditions of many people in our society. Just think of the Dutch childcare benefits scandal and its disastrous consequences here in the Netherlands, or the Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) scandal and its damaging effects in the USA.

During this session of Radical Sunday School, we invite you to join us in discussing this growing issue in our society and the concept of Data Ethics, so we can collectively think about the problem and possible solutions.

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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Radical Sunday School: Should I take a Holiday? Ethical travel and Global capitalism

By: börek - January 16th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday January 19, 2025, Radical Sunday School: Should I take a Holiday? Ethical travel and Global capitalism. From 18:00 till 20:00.Travelling is great! You get to see different places, have a different mindset, relax, explore, have great adventures, try new things, make new friends, learn and develop yourself, and reflect on your place in the world.

Except, it also comes with a lot of problems. Here in Amsterdam, we clearly see that the prices are rapidly rising and the city center is almost unlivable because of tourism, with the expansion of hotels, Airbnb, and the tourism industry. This might be even worse in places like Barcelona, Ibiza, or Malaga, and even more so in tourist hotspots in the global south, like in Thailand, Cambodia, or Costa Rica. On top of this, there’s also the immense environmental impact of travelling, like with the air pollution caused by flights.

But on the other hand, maybe only if we travel, we can learn to understand those problems, and understand people from different cultures and their struggles? And maybe we can even contribute to the local economy and local lives by being there?

In this session of Radical Sunday School we would critically look at traveling and tourism, looking at its benefits and its problems. We would then also look at ‘alternative traveling’ – traveling by bike, hitchhiking, or walking, and think if it’s a better way to do it, for us and for the places we visit. In the end, we hope to have a clearer idea of why and how we want to travel.

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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Radical Sunday School: Public Intellectuals – Why would anyone listen to Jordan Peterson or Slavoj Žižek?

By: börek - January 7th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday January 12, 2025, Radical Sunday School: Public Intellectuals – Why would anyone listen to Jordan Peterson or Slavoj Žižek? From 18:00 till 20:00.By being involved in various leftist and/or educational spaces, I have noticed quite a few recurring behaviours regarding knowledge production and sharing, that I found somewhat toxic, even if the people exhibiting them, had the best intentions. And, in my immediate environment, I heard similar complaints from others over the years. By now, I had enough experiences to understand, interpret, and even handle these issues in my day-to-day life, at least to the extent that I can organise a discussion around the topic.
So, this evening, I invite everyone to share their experiences with toxic behaviours regarding knowledge and learning in communities, and think about potential solutions for these problems together.

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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Radical Sunday School: Reflections & Resolutions

By: börek - January 5th, 2025  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday January 5, 2025, Radical Sunday School: Reflections & Resolutions. From 18:00 till 20:00.For our first session in 2025, we would like to invite you all to look back on the sessions we did in 2024, and look forward the things you would like to see or do with Radical Sunday School in 2025!
Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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