Worldlog 6 ožujak 2017


6 ožujka 2017

Još tjedan i pol i dolaze parlamentarni izbori. Mi smo u međuvremenu zaplivali u bujici intervjua, debata na televiziji i uživo, predavanja, prikazivanja filmova i naravno anketa. Na društvenim mrežama smo također itekako vidljivi. Naša nizozemska facebook stranica prošlog je tjedna prešla 100 000 lajkova, što je daleko više od bilo koje druge stranke u Nizozemskoj.

Između svih intervjua i debata putujem skupa sa Ewaldom Engelenom diljem zemlje s našim predavanjem o De kanarie in de Kolenmijn (o.p. Kanarinac u rudniku), knjiga o kojoj sam i ranije pisala (knjiga je dostupna i na engleskom jeziku). Punimo iznova dvorane i ljudimo koji još nisu članovi, ali koji će rado poslušati našu priču. Naravno da mogu 15. ožujka glasati, no to nije jedini način na koji ljudi mogu nešto poduzeti. S bankovnom karticom i s nožem i vilicom također možemo voditi politiku. Politika s malim slovom p, tako to naziva Ewald. Mi kao građani, radnici, ulagači i potrošaći nismo nemoćni!

Moja kolegica Esther Ouwehand, zastupnica u parlamentu i broj 2 na listi, putuje zajedno s Lammertom van Raanom, brojem 3, diljem zemlje s predavanjem Idealizam je novi realizam. Govore o ekspresivnoj politici, te objašnjavaju kako je idealizam novi realizam koji je prijeko potreban u svijetu. S desetom godišnjicom Stranke za životinje u Donjem domu i s našim izbornim programom oni upoznaju ljude s politikom alternativom trenutnom stanju. Vrijeme je za Plan B jer ne postoji planeta B.

Deset godina Stranke za životinje u Donjem domu također se prikazuje u obliku fotografske izložbe usred Amsterdama. Parlamentarna povijest Stranke za životinje zabilježena je na 22 fotografije. Otkrila sam fotografije zajedno s drugim članovima stranke. Izložba otkriva ulogu prve stranke za “non-humans” (ne za ljude) u povijesti parlamenta u svijetu. Za one koji su u blizini: izložba je otvorena do 16.ožujka i nalazi se ispred Stopera.

Pogledaj ovdje filmić s otvorenja.

Novitet je i naš interaktivni stranački program, The Big Picture: Plan B, posebno razvijen u obliku infotainmenta za naše mlade. Nikad se ranije stranački program nije prikazivao na ovako vizualan način. Ovako pruža posjetitelju vizualnu poruku za što se stranka zalaže. Tko želi bolju sliku može proći audioturu ili zahvaljujući unikatnoj tehnici zumiranja pregledati opširnije točke stranke. Predmeti su pojašnjeni tematskim filmićem, audiofragmentom i kratkim tekstom. Nažalost samo na nizozemskom, ali je opet zanimljivo pogledati :

Nešto malo prije nego što smo započeli s izborima doživjeli smo dva uspjeha koja ću rado s vama podijeliti. Parlament je usvojio naš prijedlog koji obvezuje nizozemski kabinet da se dodatno založi za zabranu ubijanja dupina na Føroyarskim otocima i u Taijiju.

I na svačije iznenađenje: prilikom zadnje parlamentarne rasprave prije izbora, Donji je dom odlučio da krave obavezno moraju na livade. Većina je podržala naš prijedlog da se zakonski kravama “osigura ispaša”.

U sljedećem wordlogu znat ćemo rezultate izbora!

Srdačno,

Marianne Thieme

Just one and a half week more to go before the Lower House elections are on. We have gained momentum and are busy with interviews, debates on television and all around the country, lectures, film performances, and of course polls. We are also all over social media. Our Dutch Facebook page passed the 100,000 likes last week, by far the largest number of all Dutch political parties.

In between all interviews and debates, I am travelling throughout the country together with Ewald Engelen to give our lecture on The Canary in the Coal Mine, the book I wrote about before (the book is also available as an English ebook). The lecture attracts a great number of people each time again, many who are not a member yet but are eager to hear our story. Of course they can vote on the 15th of March, but that is not the only way they can take action themselves. We can also do politics with our bankcard en with our knife and fork. Politics with a small letter ‘p’ is what Ewald calls it. We are definitely not powerless as a citizen, employee, investor or consumer!

My colleague Esther Ouwehand, MP and ranking No. 2 on the list, is travelling through the country with Lammert van Raan, who is ranking No. 3, with the lecture called ‘Idealism is the new realism’. They talk about expressive politics and demonstrate that idealism is the new realism, which is what the world urgently needs. On the basis of 10 years of the Party for the Animals in the Lower House and our election programme, they will introduce the real political alternative for the Establishment to people. It is time for Plan B because there is no planet B.

Those 10 years of the Party for the Animals in the Lower House can also be viewed at a public photo exhibition, in the heart of Amsterdam. The parliamentary history of the Party for the Animals is displayed on 22 photos. I revealed the photos together with other candidates. The exhibition outlines the booster role of the world’s first party elected into the national parliament that focusses on ‘non-humans’. If you happen to be in the neighbourhood, please drop by, the exhibition is free and in front of the Stopera.

Watch the video of the opening here.

New is also our interactive party programme, The Big Picture: Plan B, a specially developed form of informative entertainment aimed at a younger target group. There was never before an election programme in the Netherlands that was made visually accessible the same way. It gives visitors the opportunity to see at a glance what the Party stands for. Anyone who wants to get a better view can start an audio tour or browse through the many viewpoints of the Party thanks to a unique zooming technology. The topics are explained with a thematic video, an audio fragment, or short text. Unfortunately it is only in Dutch but it is nice to watch any way.

Just before we went on election recess we achieved two great successes, which I would like to share with you. The Lower House accepted our motion which obliges the Dutch cabinet to make an extra effort to stop the dolphin slaughters on the Faroe Islands and in Taiji.

And to many’s surprise: during the last parliamentary debate prior to the elections, the Lower Houses decided that cows must be led to pasture. A majority supported our proposal to ‘legally guarantee’ pasturing.

At the next Worldlog, the elections will be over and we will know the result!

Kind regards,

Marianne Thieme