“In the last month this has grown into a new popular movement of mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, grandparents and grandchildren.”
‘What started with a few activists who dared to question injustice and start confrontational conversations. They were ignored and ridiculed, or more often hated and threatened, “said Halsema.
“That has grown into an unstoppable new popular movement of mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, grandparents and grandchildren in the past month. From shopkeepers, teachers, nurses and police officers. “
“We have to work harder”
The mayor thinks the past should not be erased, but new history should be added.
“That history teaches us that change is possible, but the present teaches us that change is too slow,” she says. “We have to work harder.”
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