Hello Revleft.

[Raoul_RedRat]

Hi everyone,

Just stumbled upon this site and it seemed to me that this forum boasts a really broad range of left political discussion and thought. So really my cup of tea, and I expect to find a lot of good debate and learning here.

As for persona, I'd rather not pin myself to any particular ideology since I was educated within a fundamentally skeptic discourse. So I have always postponed any self-labeling for that matter, yet without becoming apathetic or ambivalent. I hope this becomes much clearer in my endeavors on this board.

I recently got a job at "de Rooie Rat" which is a left political foundation in the form of a bookshop. And my employment there revitalized my commitment to the activist movement which was a bit smothered by my study philosophy. So I thought it would be both good for myself and for our bookshop to have a proper (international) face on the net. In time we will have our English site online for everyone to browse through.


-Raoul

[Malakangga]

welcome here,comrade

[RedAnarchist]

Hi, welcome to RevLeft:)

As well as conversing in English, you can also do it in Dutch in our Nederlands subforum - http://www.revleft.com/vb/nederlands-f45/index.html

[KrazyRabidSheep]

Welcome. I hope you can contribute much.

[trivas7]

Welcome. I wish I lived in the Netherlands. :)

[Tower of Bebel]

Welkom Rooie

[Sharon den Adel]

Welcome to the forums.

[OI OI OI]

Welcome:)

[jaffe]

Uuuutrreeeeg

[jaffe]

http://rechten.uvt.nl/stedennetwerk/design/img/utr/wapenUTR.gif

[RedAnarchist]

Are Utreg and Utrecht the same place, just different versions of the name?

[Raoul_RedRat]

Utreg (ytrεχ) and Utrecht (ytrεχt) are the same, "Utreg" is the pronunciation originating from the dialect or folk slang, if you will. Utrechters (people from Utrecht) are sometimes called t-thieves, often leaving out the 't' obviously.

And yes I love Utrecht, the city that actually is a large village. :)

[godfailed]

the dutch are pretty cool. lotta fascist [email protected] over there though

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

the dutch are pretty cool. lotta fascist [email protected] over there though

oh dear.

"Faggot" is a homophobic slur.

You may not have being aware.

[godfailed]

you're right, that was very redneck of me.

but, it's funny to use it against them because they hate it so much :closedeyes:

[Dr Mindbender]

you're right, that was very redneck of me.

but, it's funny to use it against them because they hate it so much :closedeyes:

its not funny because it is also pejoritive against gays which is why you should not use it in any context.

[INDK]

Welcome. Hope you have fun and learn, and maybe even teach us a thing or two as you go along.

[BIG BROTHER]

welcome, and lets hope we can turn you into the trot i know you are:lol:

[Led Zeppelin]

Hey, do you work at the Rooie Rat bookstore?

We had a discussion group going there a couple weeks back, it would be cool if you joined it. :)

[Sentinel]

the dutch are pretty cool. lotta fascist [email protected] over there thoughLike others have pointed out, that is a homophobic slur. Homophobic language and 'hate speech' in general is strictly forbidden on RevLeft, consider yourself verbally warned.