voices

A Manifesto from Nowhere poses questions about the place of (non-)origin, gender identity, (non-)native language, migration and the compulsion to define oneself, all as instruments of coercion within a context of global coloniality.

An anonymous activist from Turkey shares their thoughts on the Armenian genocide, Reconciliation, Turkish/Ottoman colonialism, and the ongoing genocide in Palestine in the interview by Armenian activist Arshak Makichyan

Interview with Zilan Sarah Kößler and Claudia Frickemeier about the children's book JINA — The Girl Whose Name Means Life, dedicated to Jina Amini, a young Kurdish woman killed by the police in Iran in 2022 — a tragedy that sparked widespread protests in the country

Oirad-Kalmyk activist nomto küükn on love for her people as an act of resistance, the importance of representation and acceptance of differences in her various communities

Crimean Tatar researcher and activist Çırlaq reflects on the overlaps between Russian and Israeli colonial violence as well as the possibility of transnational solidarity

Notes on Kazakhstan’s transgenerational struggle towards nuclear disarmament

An essay by a Nenets artist Neseyne on relations between scholars and native peoples, ethics, subject’s agency, fair resource distribution, and the right to rage

An interview with Ruslan Gabbasov, a Bashqort political activist and one of the former leaders of the political organization “Bashqort”, banned in Russia

An interview with Victoria Maladaeva—an activist from Buryatia and a co-founder of the international anti-war foundation Free Buryatia