Dam in Amsterdam full of people in demonstration against racism and fascism

On a full dam in Amsterdam, there will be a demonstration against racism and fascism this afternoon. City broadcaster AT5 speaks of Thousands of people that have come to the annual demonstration.

The protesters gather from the beginning of the afternoon. The demonstration started at 2 p.m., during the afternoon those present walk through the city to Museumplein.

Both on Dam Square and Museumplein there are speakers from different organizations, such as Kick Out Zwarte Piet, women against deportation, the Dutch Palestine Comitee, a different Jewish sound and The FNV.

On (webcam) images you can see that the dam is almost completely full:

The organization calculated in advance of around 15,000 people, but it is not yet clear whether there are actually so many demonstrators going.

This edition is a lot busier than last year, AT5 notes. Then there were around 2000 people, a few hundred in 2023.

The organization is in the hands of the committee March 21. Amnesty International, among others, is also involved. The committee is concerned about the political developments in our country and states that “the democratic constitutional state, fundamental freedoms and human rights are threatened by the cabinet”.

One of those present tells AT5 that this is the time to make you heard. “There is so much going on. The world is on fire and that is why I am here now.”

“Muslims, refugees and other Dutch people with a migration background are used as a scapegoat in a strategy aimed at sowing division and hatred”, can be read on the site From the committee.

The demonstration takes place every year around the world in the context of the International Day against Racism & Discrimination on March 21. In the Netherlands, the 21 March Committee is organizing the demonstration.

There is also a protest against Turkish President Erdogan on Beursplein. There, support is argued for the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. He is a big rival of President Erdogan and was arrested on Tuesday with about a hundred others.

This is also being demonstrated in Turkey. So far, hundreds of people have been arrested in protests in more than ten cities.