The Diary of a Russian: Volunteering at the border
“One of the most difficult families I met was traveling from Mariupol to Germany to put their grandfather in a hospital. Their appearance at the station was striking: a volunteer walked in with a supermarket trolley filled with bags, another one was pushing a wheelchair with a thin, motionless old man, an overweight elderly woman on crutches was walking next to the wheelchair, a teenage girl with long hair and a look from under her eyelashes was running around, and in the middle of it all there was a confused woman in a cap, a bag in each hand – the head of the family.” In this series, Vera provides a first-hand look into what happened in the days following the invasion of Ukraine.
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The Changing Parameters of Debate on Russia
As dividing walls again rise in Europe, the difficulty now is how to focus on and support Ukraine, be starkly against Russian use of force and war crimes, but also how to do so without othering and knotting the fabric of European societies for the future…
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Peace or Turmoil: What will the Northern Ireland elections bring to the country?
On May 5th 2022, Northern Ireland will have its first election since 2017. The past 5 years of party politics in Northern Ireland have been some of the most tumultuous since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998; characterised by division and scandal, as well as huge steps forward in progressive legislation, not to mention a global pandemic. So how will these elections turn out?
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The role of influencers reporting on the War on Ukraine
This podcast delves into the current trends in the world of online influencers in and around the War on Ukraine. Who is getting it right and who is categorically not. Do governments have the right or a duty to steer their content production given the huge columns of disinformation and propaganda being generated by Kremlin bot farms and content production apparatus. Take a listen now!
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Narratives surrounding the French Presidential elections
With the upcoming French presidential elections, we held a special episode of our Zooming in on Hate podcast. Dare to be Grey’s Hannah Richter and Textgain’s Lydia El-Khouri joined Xavier Brandao to find out more about the narratives surrounding the election, especially online.
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The Diary of a Russian: Getting detained in Moscow
“At the police station, we were all questioned and photographed, and then sent upstairs to wait in a big pompous hall. There was already a group from another van, detained three hours before us in the same place, waiting to read and sign their individual reports. There was a loo, you could ask for a glass of water, but not for a phone call – so none of us could tell our relatives where we were or call a lawyer.” In this series, Vera provides a first-hand look into what happened in Russia the days following the invasion of Ukraine.
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