Africa and the War in Ukraine: Russian Money, Wagner Group, and Grassroots Solidarity
This article is based on the left-wing activists' conference materials organized by the Global and European Networks of Solidarity with Ukraine (ENSU) in Africa. These activists represent various grassroots initiatives, organizations, and parties. They talk about the situation on the African continent, solidarity, problems in the region, and how the Russian-Ukrainian war affected them. The […]
Sub-Imperialist positioning, not “anti-colonial consciousness,” behind the neutrality of reactionary elites in the Global South
Time and time again, we have been told that ‘the Global South’ – ie, the developing world consisting largely of former colonies – does not support Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s barbaric colonial invasion, or is even supportive of Russia. According to this rendition of reality, support for Ukraine is entirely a project of the imperial […]
What’s wrong with Ukraine’s wartime diplomacy in the Global South
In the month of the 1st anniversary of Russia’s illegal and brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky held a speech at the European Parliament, where he declared Russia to be “the biggest anti-European force of the modern world”[1]. By “European”, he meant its ostensibly “way of life steeped in rules, values, equality, and […]
Dialogues of the peripheries (open call)
The new version can be found here. We are looking for authors and publication proposals to a new special project on the global periphery. Please send us your articles or ideas for publications. What is this special project about? Ukraine is not a part of the Western world. Moreover, even a victory in the […]
Against false solidarity. A call for true solidarity among people with experiences of displacement
Ideas discussed in this contribution were first presented at the Solidarity, Displacement & the University workshop that took place on October 13-14, 2022, in Berlin and focused on access programs for displaced learners, spaces of solidarity those programs create, and possibilities for opening up the university[1] (Cantat et al., eds. 2022) for people who have experienced displacement. I consider […]
Break out the wall. Зачем сносят заборы в Крыму
Замуровали, демоны! Стены, заборы, заборы, стены. Дорога к благодатному морю на ЮБК зачастую превращается в длительный марш-бросок на выживание. Петляя зигзагами под палящим солнцем, вы идете вдоль сплошных стен, направляющих вас лишь по одному заданному пути. Есть в этом что-то тоталитарное a-la the Wall – все потоки передвижения граждан могут происходить лишь по строго установленному […]
