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dear liberation is a series that retraces our steps in understanding the erased and buried histories of revolutions against the ruling class, in the home, in the community and with larger movements today.

we’ve not always been like this — forced to be living under the thumb of a monopoly, be it the patriarchy, state or corporation. so how do we decolonize, unlearn and relearn who we are outside centuries of forced colonial indoctrinations?

dear liberation is where you’ll read easily accessible (in english, for now) analyses, reflections and conversations with liberation movements. sometimes supported by better known archives of research and other times, personal interviews/stories with people who are not remembered/documented

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The Blood in Our Machines: How Big Tech Fuels Global Violence and Extraction

This piece was written in collaboration with Gegar Amerika, a progressive youth-led movement which aims to build a united multicultural and transnational front in Malaysia against Zionism and U.S. imperialism; condemning U.S. interventionist aggression in the Global South centering the liberation for Palestine and with liberation struggles across the Majority World.From Kuala Lumpur to D.C., Paris to Tokyo, a wave of protests, sit-ins, and direct actions led by activists and ordinary people agai...
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South Asia's Violent Imperial Legacy and the Liberation Struggle of Kashmir

This piece was written in collaboration with Gegar Amerika, a progressive youth-led movement which aims to build a united multicultural and transnational front in Malaysia against Zionism and U.S. imperialism; condemning U.S. interventionist aggression in the Global South centering the liberation for Palestine and with liberation struggles across the Majority World.The recent escalation between nuclear-armed states of India and Pakistan sent trepidations across the globe currently heaving under...
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Roots of Resistance in Sudanese Collective Solidarity, or 'Nafeer'

Last month, I attended an incredibly insightful Zoom conversation between the author of Hierarchies of Solidarity, Sinthujan Varatharajah and journalist, Hebh Jamal - both of whom I frankly didn’t hear of until that virtual event.While the takeaways from that discussion deserves a standalone reflection - a work in progress - Sinthujan said something in the meeting that hasn’t left the deep recesses of my mind for a month now. Particularly as I write about and interview activists from liberation...
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"Land of a Thousand Guilts"

Seeds of resistance "My activism started in high school, back in 2002," Shaq recollects, describing the moment industrial machinery began invading his village's forest reserve. "They claimed it was for agriculture, but this was our people's land - where we had the right to roam, to practice our culture. I grew up playing, hunting, and gathering in that jungle."Despite having to leave for art studies in Universiti Teknologi Mara in Melaka - about a 100 miles from Kuala Lumpur - Shaq's commitment...
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milk teas, friendship and collective resistance

Fatima: What has your journey towards liberation as a young Thai activist been like, and where did it begin for you?Memee: I have been involved in activism since 2020 during the massive pro-democracy youth protests in Thailand. Before the protests began, there was the enforced disappearance of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a Thai activist who disappeared in Cambodia. I was in 10th grade at the time, sixteen years old, having moved to Bangkok just six months prior. When I saw the news, I went to protest...

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