James Kennedy on Pim Fortuyn
Thursday, November 20, 2003
As part of our station-wide Old Amsterdam/New Amsterdam series, Professor James Kennedy from Amsterdam’s Free
University talks about the life and death of Pim Fortuyn,
the openly gay, right-wing Dutch populist politician. He
was the leading candidate to become the next prime minister
before his assassination in 2002.
Find out more about Pim Fortuym in Old Amsterdam/New Amsterdam
Music: Orkest de Volharding 1972-1992 Trajekten “Cees Van Zeeland”
Jan Van Vlijmen Schonberg Quartet “Andante”
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