Further concerning developments in Georgia, as student protests continue
#metoohistory co-founder @efdavies.bsky.social on sexual harassment, russo-centrism and discrimination in academia.
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Right after the invasion a Dutch colleague of mine came to say they were sorry and tried to speak to me in Russian which they learned back in school.
For journalists ✍️ are you interested in the Iatest discussions on politics, imperialism, war, forced migration, disinformation, civil resistance, justice and sovereignty in Europe’s East, Central & Northern Asia + in global conversations? Join us at our next RUTA conference in Ukraine
Many members of the RUTA Association have already signed this manifesto, and others are welcome to join the leading feminist thinkers and scholars of gender justice from the RUTA regions via this link: ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2022/07/12/t...
International Women’s Day in Georgia
Ko parakstīt.
Andrew Parsons should be forced to resign for this morally obtuse statement. He should probably be investigated for corrupt links to the russian state. The russian team he allowed to compete includes a frigging shooter and someone who served in the division that occupied Kyiv region (i.e. Bucha)!
Kyiv faces a shortfall of missile interceptors for its air defense, while surging oil prices are boosting Russia’s economy
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We’re inviting journalists to attend and report on RUTA Conference 2026 (12–15 July, Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine). Theme: “Rooted knowledges and dialogues for change.” Applications open until 31 March: alexis.scott@ruta-association.org
Inspiring. Seseg gave a very sincere, vulnerable and touching talk at our last @associationruta.bsky.social conference in Ukraine and I encourage everyone to see her illustrations. She has a book coming up on Buryat struggles under Russian colonialism and her own journey after forced Russification
An exhibition exploring anti-nuclear solidarities and Soviet nuclear testing in Central Asia, of particular interest to our RUTA communities, is currently on display in Amsterdam
We are trying to address some of the issues stemming from ‘dissonant’ legacies of racialization and colonial oppression in our latest text with Selbi Durdiyeva On Collateral Damage, Selective Anti-Imperialism and the Path to Liberation
It’s open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The critical discussions we need to have… Such as about the eulogy to Stalin by W.E.B. Du Bois, whose work is crucial to critical race and decolonial scholarship, yet, this selective decoloniality does grave injustice to the liberation struggles of Central & Northern Asia, & Europe’s East
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Ukrainian immigrants in the USA offer free Borsht to celebrate the death of Stalin #OTD in 1953. 📷 Getty images
This was a very, very interesting The RUTA Association webinar. I learned a lot and ordered these two books for the Helsinki University library. Can't wait to read them. Highly, highly recommended www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_85...
If you’re in Berlin on 20 March, come along to the launch of the German edition of my book, ‘The Roma’
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This was such an important discussion and I cannot recommend these books enough! It’s particularly vital to read them together. Do prompt your libraries to order them, they are incredible sources for teaching and further research on justice, history, philosophy, art, literature, cultures…
Here is a recording of our last RUTA webinar. The discussion revolved around new paradigm shifting books by @magdamatache.bsky.social & @madelinepotter.bsky.social, who revisit Romani histories, rethink how they’re theorised with and envision the path to racial justice
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I just attended a panel with Natali at Cafe Kyiv, where she emphasised the active participation of the Romani people in Ukrainian defence and emphasised the need for the state and institution to recognise the crucial socio-political role of the Roma in the Ukrainian society
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According to Tomenko, the current war on Ukraine is revealing a deeper historical parallel. The Roma families, who survived the German Nazi occupation and genocide, are now facing a 2nd war in their lifetime, with many Roma fighting in Ukraine’s defense against the ongoing genocidal Russian invasion
Academia? Not surprised!
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Over at Twitter, an assorted combo of paid russian stooges and probably unpaid useful idiots from academia are involved in another cycle of « imagine if Ru did X » about a bunch of international law violations Russia has been committing for a decade. It’s pathetic.
We’re on! Join us
Hospitals, schools, shopping malls and other civilian facilities were accurately hit
Join RUTA this Friday Feb 27 for this important and exciting webinar on Romani histories and racial justice. 18:00 (Kyiv time)/ 11:00 EST.
Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The occupied territories of Ukraine that the US now treats as merchandise were somebody's homes once.
A reminder to join us this Friday for a crucial RUTA webinar with @magdamatache.bsky.social and @madelinepotter.bsky.social
Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The biggest child-abduction and -indoctrination operation in Europe since Naz-erai Germanization of its East www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...
