biking against borders.
hi! i am
Amsterdam to Japan, 3+ years, and 25.000+km.
"the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born. now is the time of monsters” - Gramsci
in the midst of rampant fascism, militarization and ecological annihilation, i’m learning about and fighting against our broken world. that journey, i share with you.
the idea is simple: by biking across borders, we fundraise for a borderless world. have fun exploring my website!
oh hello :)
to get you to care about politics in our individualized society, it apparently helps if you feel connected to me? so, time to feed the narcissism-machine and talk about myself: i’m a 26-year old bus driver in Amsterdam who lets people ride for free. i’ve been doing activism since young: anti-speciesism, anarchism, environmentalism. my favorite writers are David Graeber & Ursula K. LeGuin and i like the outdoors.
for many years i was in the radical climate movement. we tried to halt the annihilation of our earth. sadly, we have little effect. at the same time, ‘the west’ is building walls, keeping people out of their stolen wealth.
that’s why i stepped on my bike, and started learning about borders. it turns out that ‘borders’ can teach us a lot about the way our current world works! i started a learning journey that lead me to conquest, imperialism, scientific racism, zionism, academic complicity and more.
after a year alone on the road, my two friends visited in Georgia. here’s a movie about darkness, hope & community:
freedom to move
freedom to move
(my mom)
during the trip, i'll cross 25 borders. one example: Syria. i can enter Syria and drink tea with one of the endless hospitable Syrian families. but i cannot invite that family to drink tea in my room in Amsterdam. they simply cannot come here in a “legal” way.
this is why i am fundraising against borders. to make it such that everyone has the freedom to go where they please. to do this, we’re fundraising for 2 organizations that fight borders:
MiGreat is a political and direct aid organisation based in Amsterdam, and No Name Kitchen helps people across Europe during their migration journey.
so, while i bike, we raise money to support them.
check it out and support these 2 organisations?👇
socials?
and there’s my newsletter! (for which you can sign up at the bottom of the site)👇
📷 Instagram content
📷 Instagram content
blog posts
blog posts
i write things, sometimes. i send out a newsletter when i do. anyways, here is a summary of ‘the blog’ section of my website.
