First there was the fine-toothed comb. Then came the efficiency cuts. Later these were followed by the across-the-board cuts. And now it is the turn of the blunt instrument. The Cabinet has launched a frontal attack on the arts and culture. Cuts of more than 20% have been announced. And to top it all, VAT on tickets for the expressive arts, concerts and performances is to be raised from 6% to 19%. All of this is taking place against a background in which the entire central government arts budget costs no more than the construction of just a few kilometres of motorway. These are not cutbacks; this is the deliberate demolition of something the majority of the Dutch people enjoy, and from which every Dutch man, woman and child profits.

On Saturday November 20, 2010 the audience is screaming for culture, from Maastricht to Groningen, from Rotterdam to Arnhem.

The Netherlands scream for culture!

Sener Ozmen, "Megaphone", photo series, 2005, variable in size

SKOR is gathering in its garden at the corner of Stadhouderskade and Ruysdaelkade in Amsterdam on November 20, 2010 at 3 pm. Join and march with us in the direction of the Leidseplein, where a programme will start at 4 pm.

Read the manifest What is happening to the social contract?, written by Fulya Erdemci, director of SKOR.

Sener Ozmen, "Megaphone", photo series, 2005, variable in size

Saturday November 20, 2010
Start: 3 pm
Location: SKOR, Ruysdaelkade 2 Amsterdam

From Maastricht to Groningen, from Rotterdam to Arnhem: www.nederlandschreeuwtomcultuur.nl