Voices for Ukraine
What we want
In truth, we are writers without words for once: except these: "thank you."...
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Against All Hope, I Hope
Notes from a young Ukrainian abroad
Our military’s acts of bravery are already a legend. When a Russian warship approached the tiny island Zmiinyi on the Black Sea and ordered the soldiers there to surrender or perish, they responded: “Russian warship, go fuck yourself!”...
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An Open Letter by Russian Scientists and Science Journalists Against the War with Ukraine
The war against Ukraine is unjust and senseless
The isolation of Russia from the world amounts to a continued cultural and technological degradation of our country, with a complete lack of positive perspectives in view. The war with Ukraine is a step into nowhere....
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Ukraine Statement of Support by New University in Exile Consortium
In Support of Ukraine
As the completely unprovoked horrific war rages on in Ukraine wreaking more and more devastation, The New University in Exile Consortium based at the New School urges you to sign our statement strongly condemning the Russian invasion, standing in solidarity with the Ukrainian people, and ready to ...
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Skip Putin. Talk to Russians
An appeal from Russian civil society
The Russian army under Vladimir Putin’s command is waging a brutal war against independent Ukraine. The Ukrainian army’s resistance is brave and strong. The worldwide support for the Ukrainian cause is unprecedented.
But there’s one more thing to do.
Skip Putin. Talk to Russians.
Russians are still hesitant about protesting against this malicious ...
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Performances of Democracy
An excerpt from Jessica Pisano’s Staging Democracy
This book is about performances of democratic politics in Russia and Ukraine: why people take part in such performances, how they are related to economic change, and how they affect the meanings that attach to political participation. ...
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A Letter to the Western Left From Kyiv
Critique of liberal internationalism cannot add up to support for the ‘spheres of interest’ doctrine
A large part of the western Left, focused on NATO and the USA, failed to see Russian aggression. Of course, the war on terror needs to be brought into the discussion – but critique of liberal internationalism cannot add up to support for the ‘spheres of interest’ doctrine....
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The Russian Resistance to Putin Has Just Begun
“I stand for peace in Ukraine and freedom in Russia. If I get arrested—well, let it be.”
Since President Putin launched the war on Ukraine on February 24, thousands of people in more than 65 Russian cities have taken to the streets for anti-war protests. ...
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Not about NATO
To frame NATO as a security threat to Russia caters to Kremlin propaganda
On Monday 21 Feb, on the eighth anniversary of the victory of the Euromaidan, Russian president Vladimir Putin effectively declared war on Ukraine. To justify this recklessness, he gave an hour-long pseudo-historical rant that portrayed Ukraine as an artificial state that owes its existence to Russia. He also accused the ...
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Preparing for an Apocalypse
A manual from Ukraine
It’s important we develop a plan to give people a genuine feeling of agency—a feeling which, by the way, is exactly what Ukraine as a state needs while the rest of the world discusses its fate....
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The Future of the GOP
Has the Republic National Committee firmly dragged the Republican Party into Trump’s war on our democracy?
Coming as the statement did, just after former President Trump said that Pence had the power to “overturn the election” and, that if reelected, Trump would pardon those who attacked the Capitol, it has put the Republican Party openly on the side of overturning our democracy....
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What’s at Stake in Ukraine
“If you want peace, prepare for war”
Thus, the potential occupation of Ukraine should not be seen as a local affair, nor should the country be viewed as a strategic sacrifice to appease Putin’s fears about NATO. Instead, it should be seen as a warning of how far he can push his might, if not properly restrained. ...
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