Molenbeek 2030: it has to be a Molenbeek (hi)story


Johan Leman, 2 June 2023

In a previous post, I argued for an overall project for Molenbeek with focus on Molenbeek 2030.

Nothing says that Molenbeek 2030 will make it, but should Molenbeek 2030 make it, it must not become a farce. Then it should be about Molenbeek itself.  On top of that, it is best to bring the project from a (hi)story, otherwise it cannot convince, right? This (hi)story is only credible if it has to do with industrialisation in the 19th century, a multitude of migrations over almost 200 years, and multicultural coexistence in a European pattern.

To put the emphasis elsewhere is to use Molenbeek only as an item not to actually talk about Molenbeek itself. Such a thing is unacceptable.

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