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“We shouldn’t abandon people in the pain we caused them”
  • Arshak Makichyan

“We shouldn’t abandon people in the pain we caused them”

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
voices14.08.2025
  • EN
Armenian Captives and Azerbaijani Political Prisoners
  • anonymous

Armenian Captives and Azerbaijani Political Prisoners

Anonymous human rights activist on how the world turns a blind eye to Aliyev's Crimes
analysis10.08.2025
  • RU
  • EN
Storytelling as solidarity. Сhildren’s book about Jina Amini
  • Claudia Frickemeier
  • Lilia Yuldasheva
  • Zilan Sarah Kößler

Storytelling as solidarity. Сhildren’s book about Jina Amini

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
voices23.06.2025
  • EN
Episode 5. Crimean Tatar national movement: a constellation of solidarity and friendships
  • Feminist Translocalities
  • Beda Collective

Episode 5. Crimean Tatar national movement: a constellation of solidarity and friendships

Discussion between Elnara Nuriieva-Letova and Alexandr Murtazayev on the methods of Soviet and Russian oppression against indigenous peoples, ways of Crimean Tatar resistance, and solidarity within the Crimean Tatar national movement and beyond
podcast28.04.2025
  • UKR
  • EN
Syrian Kurdistan after the fall of the Assad regime
  • Sarah Zilan Kößler
  • Aisha
  • Leyla Ax
  • Ufuk Aydin

Syrian Kurdistan after the fall of the Assad regime

Activists and artists from the region about the future, hopes, and solidarity
analysis09.04.2025
  • EN
Freedom Day, centuries of (in)dependence. How March 25 and the decolonization of Belarus are connected
  • hanna otchyk
  • mira levickas
  • tony lashden

Freedom Day, centuries of (in)dependence. How March 25 and the decolonization of Belarus are connected

hanna otchyk, tony lashden, and mira levickas tell the story of Belarus’ ongoing struggle for freedom from the external and internal regime
histories24.03.2025
  • RU
  • BEL
  • EN
A "Special" City. How the Sevastopol myth became an instrument of colonisation
  • Anastasiia Babash

A "Special" City. How the Sevastopol myth became an instrument of colonisation

Ukrainian researcher Anastasiia Babash deconstructs the "special" urban identity of Sevastopol's residents and reflects on the city's role in Russia's colonial policy
analysis07.03.2025
  • RU
  • UKR
  • EN
On Created Worlds and Plotted Routes
  • disthene

On Created Worlds and Plotted Routes

Speculative research by artist disthene devoted to experiences of female workers of peat production in the USSR
analysis07.12.2024
  • RU
  • EN
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Armenian Captives and Azerbaijani Political Prisoners
  • anonymous
Armenian Captives and Azerbaijani Political Prisoners
Anonymous human rights activist on how the world turns a blind eye to Aliyev's Crimes
  • analysis
  • 10.08.2025
  • RU
  • EN
Syrian Kurdistan after the fall of the Assad regime
  • Ufuk Aydin
  • Sarah Zilan Kößler
  • Aisha
  • Leyla Ax
Syrian Kurdistan after the fall of the Assad regime
Activists and artists from the region about the future, hopes, and solidarity
  • analysis
  • 09.04.2025
  • EN
A "Special" City. How the Sevastopol myth became an instrument of colonisation
  • Anastasiia Babash
A "Special" City. How the Sevastopol myth became an instrument of colonisation
Ukrainian researcher Anastasiia Babash deconstructs the "special" urban identity of Sevastopol's residents and reflects on the city's role in Russia's colonial policy
  • analysis
  • 07.03.2025
  • UKR
  • RU
  • EN
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Freedom Day, centuries of (in)dependence. How March 25 and the decolonization of Belarus are connected
  • tony lashden
  • hanna otchyk
  • mira levickas
Freedom Day, centuries of (in)dependence. How March 25 and the decolonization of Belarus are connected
hanna otchyk, tony lashden, and mira levickas tell the story of Belarus’ ongoing struggle for freedom from the external and internal regime
  • histories
  • 24.03.2025
  • BEL
  • RU
  • EN
First, colonists; then, enemies of the people. How Germans lived in the Russian Empire and the USSR
  • Vera Atamanchuk
First, colonists; then, enemies of the people. How Germans lived in the Russian Empire and the USSR
Vera Atamanchuk on the history of the German colonies in the Russian Empire and the further trajectory of the settlers, placing it in the context of the country's colonial policy
  • histories
  • 26.11.2024
  • KY
  • RU
  • EN
“Exceptional Boon”. The Russian colonization of Tyva: When did it start and how did it unfold?
  • Dankhaiaa Khovalyg
“Exceptional Boon”. The Russian colonization of Tyva: When did it start and how did it unfold?
Dankhaiaa Khovalyg discusses the main stages of the Russian colonization of Tyva in a joint material by “Beda” and “Feminist Translocalities”
  • histories
  • 16.05.2024
  • TYV
  • RU
  • EN
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  • Beda Collective
  • Feminist Translocalities
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Episode 5. Crimean Tatar national movement: a constellation of solidarity and friendships
Episode 5. Crimean Tatar national movement: a constellation of solidarity and friendships
Discussion between Elnara Nuriieva-Letova and Alexandr Murtazayev on the methods of Soviet and Russian oppression against indigenous peoples, ways of Crimean Tatar resistance, and solidarity within the Crimean Tatar national movement and beyond
  • podcast
  • 28.04.2025
  • UKR
  • EN
Episode 4. Crimean Tatars: 80 years of resilience
Episode 4. Crimean Tatars: 80 years of resilience
Discussion with Martin-Oleksandr Kisly, Elmaz Alimova, Alexandr Murtazyev, and an anonymous Crimean Solidarity activist on the return to Crimea, the history of the national movement, the current situation in the occupied peninsula, and perspectives on its decolonization
  • podcast
  • 27.11.2024
  • UKR
  • RU
  • EN
Episode 3. Traditions of anti-nuclear struggle in Qazaqstan
Episode 3. Traditions of anti-nuclear struggle in Qazaqstan
A conversation between Liliya Yuldasheva, Gulsum Kakimzhanova, Maira Abenova and Alisher Khasengaliyev about anti-nuclear struggle in Qazaqstan
  • podcast
  • 22.11.2024
  • RU
  • EN
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