"Dear, Comrade" protest performance by Aaron Wells

"Dear, Comrade" is a live radio play that came out of the student intifada of Amsterdam. The student intifada was a movement initiated by students across the world who occupied their universities, set up encampments, and demanded their schools cut ties with Israeli institutions after Israel intensified its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza after October 7, 2024.

Two (or more) comrades talk on stage, unclear whether they represent one or two (or more) people, whether this is internal or external. They analyse the protests of the past year for a free Palestine in Amsterdam, they share their feelings, slipping in and out of politics and themselves. With and against politics and themselves. In and out of history and against. They stand up and fall apart on stage, like they did on the street.