russian colonialism 101.

russian colonialism 101.

meet my favorite anti-colonial storytellers.

survivors of russian colonialism share their authentic stories.

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maksym eristavi.
Dec 23, 2022
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here is what’s in store for you this week:

  • The first storytelling hub to spread public awareness of russian colonialism;

  • How the ongoing genocide in Ukraine powers decolonisation in other former russian colonies;

  • How russian colonialism sits comfortably with many Westerners, whose countries often have violent histories of colonialism themselves;

  • Collecting severed heads of indigenous people as souvenirs… Centuries and genocides later, murderous russian colonialism remains still unchecked and unchanged.

    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.

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