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SUMMARY:SCIENCE FICTION\, FANTASY & MARXISM with Jelle Klaas
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DTSTART:20261030T174500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Genre: Science Fiction\, Fantasy\nOpen: 18:45 - 22:00 hrs\nTick
	ets: € 6\,50\n\n\nA LECTURE WITH FILM CLIPS AND VISUAL MATERIAL BY JELLE K
	LAAS\n\nFriday 30 October 2026\nDoors: 18:45 | Start: 19:00\n\n\nSpaceship
	s\, aliens\, vampires\, zombies\, distant planets and imaginary worlds.\nS
	cience fiction and fantasy are among the most popular forms of storytellin
	g —\nbut what do these stories tell us about the world we actually live in
	?\n\nAnd perhaps more importantly: what can they tell us about the possibi
	lity of a\ndifferent and better world?\n\nOn Friday 30 October\, Ventilato
	r Cinema welcomes human rights lawyer\, Marxist\nand lifelong science-fict
	ion and fantasy enthusiast Jelle Klaas for an\nillustrated lecture explori
	ng these genres through a critical Marxist lens.\n\nMoving between cinema\
	, literature\, comics\, games and popular culture\, Klaas\nexamines how sc
	ience fiction and fantasy reflect questions of capitalism\, class\,\npower
	\, labour\, racism\, feminism and political struggle.\n\nFrom spaceships a
	nd dystopian futures to magical kingdoms and the undead\,\nimaginary world
	s have long provided ways of thinking about very real political\nand socia
	l conflicts. Science fiction can imagine societies beyond capitalism\,\nwh
	ile fantasy can reproduce — or challenge — ideas about hierarchy\, race\, 
	power\nand history.\n\nSo what is politically troubling about enormously p
	opular works such as Harry\nPotter and The Lord of the Rings?\n\nWhat happ
	ens when we look at zombies\, vampires\, aliens and dystopian societies\nt
	hrough the lens of class and capitalism?\n\nAnd which works of science fic
	tion and fantasy should every socialist know?\n\nExpect an accessible and 
	provocative journey through the genre\, filled with film\nclips\, images\,
	 references and recommendations — from famous blockbusters to\nradical and
	 lesser-known works.\n\nABOUT JELLE KLAAS\n\nJelle Klaas is a Dutch human 
	rights lawyer and Executive Director of PILP\, a\nhuman rights law firm an
	d NGO based in Amsterdam. He is one of the founders of\nthe organisation a
	nd has many years of experience using strategic litigation to\nadvance hum
	an rights in the Netherlands.\n\nHis legal work focuses particularly on th
	e right to protest\,\nanti-discrimination\, civil procedure\, housing poli
	cy and strategic human rights\nlitigation. He has represented activists\, 
	communities and civil-society\norganisations and has been involved in majo
	r cases concerning ethnic profiling\,\ndemonstration rights and socioecono
	mic rights.\n\nBefore PILP\, Klaas worked for fifteen years as a social la
	wyer\, including on\ncases concerning the right to basic shelter and suppo
	rt for undocumented people.\n\nAlongside his legal work\, Klaas has been p
	olitically active throughout his life\nand is a Marxist.\n\nHis other grea
	t passion is science fiction and fantasy. Since childhood\, he has\nimmers
	ed himself in the genre across films\, novels\, comics and games. In this\
	nlecture\, these two worlds come together: political analysis and a lifelo
	ng\nfascination with imaginary worlds.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/science-fiction-fantasy-and-marxism-wit
	h-jelle-klaas
GEO:52.3601403;4.8656923
LOCATION:OT301 - Overtoom 301\, 1054 HW Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,capitalism,classes,community,fantasy,feminism,fil
	m,games,lecture,live,science fiction,stories,storytelling,vondelparkbuurt
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>Genre:</strong> Science Fiction, Fanta
	sy <br><strong>Open:</strong> 18:45 - 22:00 hrs<br><strong>Tickets:</stron
	g> € 6,50  <h1>A lecture with film clips and visual material by Jelle Klaa
	s</h1> <p><strong>Friday 30 October 2026</strong><br> <strong>Doors: 18:45
	 | Start: 19:00</strong><br> </p> <p>Spaceships, aliens, vampires, zombies
	, distant planets and imaginary worlds. Science fiction and fantasy are am
	ong the most popular forms of storytelling — but what do these stories tel
	l us about the world we actually live in?</p> <p>And perhaps more importan
	tly: <strong>what can they tell us about the possibility of a different an
	d better world?</strong></p> <p>On Friday 30 October, Ventilator Cinema we
	lcomes human rights lawyer, Marxist and lifelong science-fiction and fanta
	sy enthusiast <strong>Jelle Klaas</strong> for an illustrated lecture expl
	oring these genres through a critical Marxist lens.</p> <p>Moving between 
	cinema, literature, comics, games and popular culture, Klaas examines how 
	science fiction and fantasy reflect questions of <strong>capitalism, class
	, power, labour, racism, feminism and political struggle</strong>.</p> <p>
	From spaceships and dystopian futures to magical kingdoms and the undead, 
	imaginary worlds have long provided ways of thinking about very real polit
	ical and social conflicts. Science fiction can imagine societies beyond ca
	pitalism, while fantasy can reproduce — or challenge — ideas about hierarc
	hy, race, power and history.</p> <p>So what is politically troubling about
	 enormously popular works such as <strong>Harry Potter</strong> and <stron
	g>The Lord of the Rings</strong>?</p> <p>What happens when we look at zomb
	ies, vampires, aliens and dystopian societies through the lens of class an
	d capitalism?</p> <p>And which works of science fiction and fantasy should
	 every socialist know?</p> <p>Expect an accessible and provocative journey
	 through the genre, filled with <strong>film clips, images, references and
	 recommendations</strong> — from famous blockbusters to radical and lesser
	-known works.</p> <p>ABOUT JELLE KLAAS</p> <p><strong>Jelle Klaas</strong>
	 is a Dutch human rights lawyer and Executive Director of <strong>PILP</st
	rong>, a human rights law firm and NGO based in Amsterdam. He is one of th
	e founders of the organisation and has many years of experience using stra
	tegic litigation to advance human rights in the Netherlands.</p> <p>His le
	gal work focuses particularly on <strong>the right to protest, anti-discri
	mination, civil procedure, housing policy and strategic human rights litig
	ation</strong>. He has represented activists, communities and civil-societ
	y organisations and has been involved in major cases concerning ethnic pro
	filing, demonstration rights and socioeconomic rights.</p> <p>Before PILP,
	 Klaas worked for fifteen years as a social lawyer, including on cases con
	cerning the right to basic shelter and support for undocumented people.</p
	> <p>Alongside his legal work, Klaas has been politically active throughou
	t his life and is a Marxist.</p> <p>His other great passion is <strong>sci
	ence fiction and fantasy</strong>. Since childhood, he has immersed himsel
	f in the genre across films, novels, comics and games. In this lecture, th
	ese two worlds come together: political analysis and a lifelong fascinatio
	n with imaginary worlds.</p>
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