The Dutch Block (, NB) was a Dutch

nationalist Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation,Anthony D. Smith, Smith, A ...

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espousing an

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program. It was founded by Alfred Vierling, Ton Steemers en Hans Lindenburg, modeled on the

Flemish Block Vlaams Blok (, VB; ) was the name of a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform.Erk, 2005, pp. 493-502. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. The part ...

and later taken over by

Wim Vreeswijk Wim is a Dutch language, Dutch masculine given name or a shortened form of Willem and may refer to: * Wim Anderiesen (1903–1944), Dutch footballer * Wim Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician * Wim Arras (born 1964), Flemish Belgian cyclist * ...

, who became council member in Utrecht. The party was founded in 1992. It had a seat in the municipal council of

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

from 1994 to 2000, where Wim Vreeswijk was elected. From 1994 to 1997, it also had a seat in

Almelo Almelo () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle o ...

. The elected councillor there, Henry Oudendijk, was originally a member of

Centrum Democraten The Centre Democrats (, CD) was a political party in the Netherlands. Founded in 1984 by members who split out from the Centre Party (CP), the Centre Democrats was joined one month later by the only CP Member of Parliament— Hans Janmaat. ...

, but changed parties after two months; in March 1997, he left Nederlands Blok and continued as an independent member.

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Anti-fascist research group Kafka Anti-fascist research group Kafka, commonly abbreviated to Kafka, is a Dutch anti-fascist and far-left research group. Its name was said to be an acronym for () before 1994, but the research group has since indicated that they had named themselve ...

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