Women in Flight
Structures like the women_*’s space in Athens offer women_* the chance to compare notes and talk openly about experiences of violence, provide a safe place where they can get some measure of peace and quiet and share solidarity.
Expressions
Letters of Fire, Fiction, Poetry, Photography, Film — voices and formats that are raw, immediate, emotive, and imaginative in their ways of truth-telling.
They Can’t Be Pleaded With – They Must Be Fought
The idea of open borders is anathema to Europe’s ruling elites; inhumane detention camps seem, on the other hand, to be perfectly acceptable. Politicians in power display nothing but inhumanity. We have to step into action; we have to go all out.
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Frauen auf der Flucht
Flucht birgt für Frauen_* andere Gefahren und Realitäten. Darüber wird wenig gesprochen und noch viel weniger geschrieben.
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“Wir müssen aufs Ganze gehen!”
Wer etwas verändern will, muss kaputt machen was kaputt macht und nicht versuchen, die Revolution zu umgehen.
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Photo Essay: Autonomous Trucker Strike in Russia
The nationwide strike by Russian truckers officially wrapped up on March 1, but Petersburg drivers have continued to maintain their makeshift protest camp.
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Nowhere Is Safe
A brief, though rich, glance into a Yezidi refugee camp near Diyarbakir in early 2016.
Silopi in Ruins
When we told the two co-mayors how shocked we were at the destruction in Cudi, they laughed bitterly: “Cudi? That’s nothing compared to Zap, Basak, and Barbaros.”
Life Is Beautiful
“What we experienced in Bakur, how it feels and how it will change us, has to do with real people and their stories.”
“The Idea of a Nobel Prize is Disgusting.”
We see heroism constantly. We witness amazing solidarities, full of compassion and care and love. And it is most evident among the refugees. It is their qualities which enable so many to survive and overcome. Our contribution is nothing compared to this.
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Voices from the ‘Jungle’
We come a long way to have human rights,
But now I don’t know what is human rights ;
We want animal rights, give us animal rights !
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