here is what’s in store for you this week:
I am sharing one of my favourite photographs from the Ukrainian past and explain how it helps me to understand why russia is doing what it is doing today;
How russia has been weaponising medicine and healthcare for colonial control for centuries;
An introduction to the diversity of modern-day decolonisation conversations in Ukraine;
A powerful takedown of virulent russo-centrism in Western academia;
How russians have been using the trope of ‘brotherly nations’ as a gaslighting excuse for imperial invasions;
How celebrating Christmas has always been an act of anti-colonial resistance for Ukrainians.
Russian Colonialism 101 is the first newsletter to shed light on Russian colonialism and is part of the Volya Hub network. What is happening to Ukraine has happened many times before, and the rest of the world has been conditioned to overlook or misdiagnose it. This isn’t history. It’s how you stop being shocked by what was always predictable.
