David Sogge
davidsogge.bsky.social
David Sogge
@davidsogge.bsky.social
researcher/writer in Amsterdam
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Opinie: ‘De brutaliteit van Trump betekent dat elke illusie van een Atlantische vriendschap voorbij is’
Opinie: ‘De brutaliteit van Trump betekent dat elke illusie van een Atlantische vriendschap voorbij is’
www.parool.nl
January 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:

“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..

“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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January 3, 2026 at 2:21 AM
USAID was always a 'dual-use' agency. How much should we deplore its demise? thebaffler.com/latest/the-e...
The End of Aid | Laura Robson
USAID’s own work has never been anything other than self-serving.
thebaffler.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
"The fixation on Hamas is a red herring; when the Israeli regime talks about eradicating Hamas, what it means is exterminating all Palestinians." #Israel #genocide www.972mag.com/gaza-genocid...
The Gaza genocide radicalized the world — and there’s no going back
People can't unsee a live-streamed annihilation defended under the banner of liberal democracy. They know the Israeli apartheid regime can no longer exist.
www.972mag.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Er is "bijna geen oppositie." Een ervaren Nederlandse academicus over de teloorgang van democratie in de Verenigde Staten, waar hij politicologie doceert www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Cas Mudde: ‘Mensen worden opgesloten in detentiekampen. Daar ben ik panisch voor’
Populisme: Zijn hele leven schreef politicoloog Cas Mudde, die al zeventien jaar in de VS woont en werkt, over radicaal-rechts populisme. Maar nu dat om hem heen de realiteit is, is hij stilgevallen. ...
www.nrc.nl
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Political analyst William Robinson on a matter seldom mentioned in Western coverage of mass murder in #Sudan, namely the involvement of #Israel. www.newarab.com/analysis/blo...
Blood and business: The Israel-UAE nexus fuelling Sudan’s war
As the Rapid Support Forces commit atrocities in Sudan’s war, their firepower traces back to UAE logistics and Israeli technology, with devastating results
www.newarab.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Should any reminders be needed, this study (from a prestigious research institute in Germany, nota bene) may suffice. www.mpg.de/25778228/112...
Gaza: study reveals unprecedented losses of life and life expectancy
Researchers analyze the human toll of the ongoing conflict using a statistical model that takes data uncertainties into account
www.mpg.de
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📉 EU moving to weaken decades of environmental protection. Stop the rollback → @@WBHoekstra (Reddit) www.pan-europe.info/end-toxic-pe...
End The Toxic Pesticide Age
Do you want healthy food for you and your children? Do you care about biodiversity and clean water? Beware! The European Commission is currently proposing a series of measures to massively deregulate ...
www.pan-europe.info
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mass murder of children: "a PR challenge". Here's a devastating piece about that: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Lorna Finlayson, Grown-Up Politics — Sidecar
‘Centrists’ and Gaza.
newleftreview.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Het volk heeft gesproken!

Burgerberaad klimaat presenteerde vandaag haar mooie uitkomsten. Maar zitten de media en politiek wel te wachten op de weloverwogen voorstellen van burgers?

Vooralsnog veel stilte, dus laten we het signaal wat versterken! 🤝📢
Enkele zojuist verschenen adviezen uit het Burgerberaad Klimaat:
-Minder voedselverspilling
-Stimuleren duurzame landbouw
-Een verplichte garantie van 6 jaar voor apparaten
-Hogere belasting op kerosine
-Stimuleren fietsgebruik
Lees het gehele advies hier: burgerberaadklimaat.nl/advies/defau...
Advies - Burgerberaad klimaat
Advies
burgerberaadklimaat.nl
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Corruptie is een ‘hardnekkig probleem’ binnen de NAVO-afdeling die wapens koopt. Maar topvrouw Stacy Cummings weigert dit te onderzoeken. Uit gelekte rapporten blijkt dat het flink rommelt bij dit agentschap. En dat terwijl NAVO-landen er nu meer geld dan ooit naartoe sturen.
NAVO-inkoopchef onder vuur terwijl haar afdeling wordt geteisterd door corruptie
Het is een puinhoop binnen het NAVO-agentschap dat wapens inkoopt voor de militaire alliantie. Er lopen meerdere onderzoeken naar corruptie, en hoge functionarissen binnen de organisatie maken zich gr...
www.ftm.nl
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Increased military spending won't benefit Dutch economy, and might even hurt growth says official Dutch economic think-tank
nltimes.nl/2025/11/19/n...
Netherlands unlikely to benefit economically from NATO spending pledge
The Dutch economy is likely to benefit little, and possibly not at all, from higher defense spending, according to calculations by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). The adviso...
nltimes.nl
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
‪David Sogge‬
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Defensie uitgaven kunnen zelfs negatief uitpakken voor economische groei in Nederland, volgens Central Planbueau. Leveranciers in het buitenland (lees: Trump's Amerika) gaan er vandoor met de buit.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Nederlandse economie profiteert niet van extra defensie-investeringen
Extra uitgaven aan defensie zullen niet leiden tot economische groei in Nederland. Het meeste geld dat de komende jaren in de sector wordt geïnvesteerd gaat naar nieuw materieel dat uit het buitenland...
www.nrc.nl
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For the Israelis, the show must go on. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Tariq Ali, Unending War — Sidecar
Trump’s ‘peace plan’.
newleftreview.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Chilling prospect: Veteran journalist Nick Turse on the Trump administration's moves to occupy US cities with force of arms
tomdispatch.com/on-the-preci...
On the Precipice of Authoritarian Rule
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump threatened to unleash the armed forces on more American cities during a rambling address to top military brass. He told the hundreds of generals and admirals...
tomdispatch.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This is genocidal mania.

Israeli analyst Ori Goldberg exposes the frightening truth.
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
October 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Interesting claim from Dylan Riley: by attacking the politically ‘irrelevant’ civic nodes of academia and NGOs, MAGA could unwittingly unleash a more truly potent Left newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Dylan Riley, Contra Arendt — Sidecar
On civil society.
newleftreview.org
October 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum is displaying a set of heartbreaking, powerful photographs taken in Gaza. Why can't Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum and others elsewhere do the same?
Gaza through Their Eyes | Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza share.google/Y7ul4rrTloJC...
Gaza through Their Eyes
The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and the European Commission's Civil Prot...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM