canan coskan
@canancoskan.bsky.social
research-science-translation-liberation-abolition neuroqueering she/they https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Canan-Coskan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0963-8951
The Fire These Times @thefirethesetimes.com is back! I had the one and only Chanda Prescod-Weinstein @chanda.blacksky.app on. Go listen to it. Now! Wherever you get your podcasts etc thefirethesetimes.com/2026/07/20/c... pod.link/1503094935/e... Video will be out soon too
I finally made a website to bring together all my projects, papers, talks, and more: serayelozer.com Making a website with zero coding knowledge was very challenging, not gonna lie 🥲 So now I'm hoping to make it worth the effort by writing regular blog posts.
Dr. Sera Yelozer | Dr. Sera Yelozer
Prehistoric archaeologist specialising in personal ornaments, identity, craft, and material culture in prehistoric Anatolia and the wider Mediterranean.
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shortfalls of decolonial turn... "The right now hosts decolonization conferences. The vocabulary of the left has been captured." theamargi.com/posts/decolo...
Decolonization, but not in my backyard
On May 11, Istanbul’s newly renovated Atatürk Cultural Center hosted the first World Decolonization Forum. The event was organized by a coalition of Turkish institutions such as the NÛN Foundation for...
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I wrote about Mona Khalil's life and death, and what it means to do conservation work amid bombs, invasion, and occupation defector.com/mona-khalil-...
Mona Khalil, Who Devoted Her Life To Protecting Turtles, Killed By Israeli Airstrike | Defector
For half a century, a house on the coast in southern Lebanon has kept vigil over Al-Mansouri beach and the blue Mediterranean waters beyond. Mona Khalil’s grandfather built the house in the 1970s, aro...
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Six years since her passing, we remember Sarah Hegazi, an intersectional queer feminist who was forced to flee her home and ultimately took her life following relentless targeting by the Egyptian authorities. Today, our thoughts are with her loved ones and community.
I could get furious about my current visa rejection from Belgium, as an independent researcher wishing to meet colleagues in European conferences if 100s of people seeking refuge were not killed, captured, left in limbo, and forcefully sent back by the hegemonic nation-states* each day. *Incl Turkey
canan coskan@canancoskan.bsky.social · 2mo agoHarsha Walia's text is a great updated summary of border regimes with a critical reminder of Europe's role in building these thanatoptical regimes and a striking definition of borders.
Harsha Walia's text is a great updated summary of border regimes with a critical reminder of Europe's role in building these thanatoptical regimes and a striking definition of borders.
Harsha Walia@harshawalia.bsky.social · 2mo agoI have a new piece out Reflecting on 20 years of migrant struggles, it goes into what abolish ICE does - and doesn't - mean; merging of immigration enforcement with policing & military power; and how fascism is made through bordering. Despite resisting it for so long, I also now define the border.
Remember to register for joining this stimulating session on the meaning, content, reasons, and possible trajectories and challenges of civil disobedience in times of climate catastrophe with Robin Celikates on Monday! tinyurl.com/civil-disob
Resistance Psychology Network@psychresist.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, June 15! We do an interactive session with @robin-c.bsky.social on Civil Disobedience in Times of Climate Catastrophe, followed by a moderated discussion from diverse perspectives. To register: tinyurl.com/civil-disob
The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, June 15! We do an interactive session with @robin-c.bsky.social on Civil Disobedience in Times of Climate Catastrophe, followed by a moderated discussion from diverse perspectives. To register: tinyurl.com/civil-disob
"Under late fascism, peace cannot be conceived as reconciliation. ...a politically misleading optic casts DEM as aligned with state while presenting CHP as primary anti-fascist force. Breaking it requires redefining fascism not as institutional erosion but as Turkey’s internal-colonial war state."
IRGAC@irgac-rls.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew interview on our website with Şebnem Oğuz describing the concept of late fascism that differs not only from neoliberal authoritarianism and right-wing populism, but also from classical fascism. Read it here: irgac.org/articles/art...
New interview on our website with Şebnem Oğuz describing the concept of late fascism that differs not only from neoliberal authoritarianism and right-wing populism, but also from classical fascism. Read it here: irgac.org/articles/art...
Late fascism as a mode of crisis management: An Interview with Şebnem Oğuz
Şebnem Oğuz examines late fascism as a contemporary mode of crisis management, distinct not only from neoliberal authoritarianism and right-wing populism but also from classical fascism. How does capi...
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On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org
fromtheperiphery.com/2026/05/11/r... Thank you @fromtheperiphery.com for hosting us ❤️🔥
Revolutions of Our Times: An Internationalist Manifesto
In this episode, israa’ and Leila are joined by two compas from The Peoples Want, Juls and Alaa, to talk about Revolutions of Our Times, an internationalist manifesto written by The Peoples Want. T…
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📢Fresh article out: Through interviews and participatory truth-witnessing*, Judit, Laurent, and I delved into (post)migrant Bakurê Kurds' perspectives on intragroup relations rooted in understandings of power in the context of extended Turkish racialized colonial violence in Belgium
Defne acquitted! kaosgl1.org/en/single-ne...
Defne Güzel, Chair of the Board of the May 17 Association, acquitted
Defne Güzel, Chair of the Board of the May 17 Association, was acquitted at the first hearing of the case in which she was tried on charges of “violating public morality”.
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canan coskan@canancoskan.bsky.social · 6mo ago* Defne, co-author of this publication, is now legally targeted for engaging in LGBTI+ rights advocacy, along with Yıldız and Enes: www.iglyo.org/news/turkiye... * Also new rumors spread about the reintroduction of a draft law aimed at criminalizing LGBTIAQ+ existence: kaosgl1.org/en/single-ne...
"T zaman geldiğinde, tüm hapishaneler çoktan yıkılmış olacak. Biz translar, kelepçesiz hayallerin peşinden gidenleriz. Zindanlar, kelepçeler akıllarımızdaki tutsaklıklar bile yok olmuş olacak. Boşluk ve kaosun huzurunda uçuşacağız etrafta; poyraz olup eseceğiz, yine yeniden."
bianet@bianet.org · 3mo ago🏳️⚧️ 12. İstanbul Trans Onur Haftası’nın bu seneki teması: Trans Tahayyül 🗣️ “Bu dünyayı yeniden yazıyoruz. Biz zaten oldum olası buralardayız, çokuz ve tahayyülden dönmeyiz. Kudretliyiz, transız.” bianet.org/haber/12-ist...
Much much needed contribution! "...erosion of the legitimacy of liberal orders renders the anti-colonial language available for authoritarian and conservative projects in both the Global South and North to articulate a selective rejection of universalism." academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
The Uses and Abuses of the Anti-Colonial in Global Reactionary Politics
Abstract. Drawing on a range of regional expertise and perspectives from international relations, political economy, political theory, and sociology, this
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"...sorun çok yönlü olduğu gibi demokrasi inşasının da tek yolu yok... Aslolan şey bu rejimlere karşı muhalefetin umudu diri tutması, toplumsallaştırması ve doğru zamanda doğru hamleler yapmasıdır." yeniyasamgazetesi9.com/kurtler-alte...
Kürtler alternatifsiz kalmaz -1
Abdullah Öcalan'ın İmralı Sekreteryası'nda görev alan Zeki Bayhan ile konuştuk: Rêber Apo sürecin önünü açmak için kimsenin düşünmeye bile cesaret
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I just released another monologue on @thefirethesetimes.com on how Israel's war on Lebanon haunts our world, and why Israeli impunity is creating monstrous realities that can engulf us all. On all podcast app thefirethesetimes.com/2026/03/16/l... To support: ko-fi.com/eliaayoub
Lebanon Haunts the World (Monologue)
How Israel’s war on Lebanon will haunt our world, and why Israeli impunity is creating monstrous realities that can engulf us all.
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Great recent article by Sefika Kumral, "Constructive destruction as militarized accumulation: global crises, authoritarian populism, and Turkey’s military-construction complex" about Turkey's sub-imperial role in war capitalism if not clear until now. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Even one's will to dismantle the oppresive hegemony in their lands is ripped off from them by transnational hegemonies in the era of neocolonial capitalist imperialism. Not only our life but also our will is devalued and dismissed.
Such a timely* publication about the psychological tolls of LGBTIAQ+ discrimination and resilience as buffer in Turkey, specifically with participants from Bursa based on a activist-researcher co-production research with mixed-methods! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Great event to look farward on Monday 👀👀
Resistance Psychology Network@psychresist.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, February 9: We do a Roundtable Session on Prefigurative Politics in Repressive Contexts with activists from Lebanon and Serbia and researchers studying prefigurative movements. To register: tinyurly.com/prefigurative
![A CT ING A S I F WE WERE FREE: PREF I G U R A T IVE
P O L I T ICS IN REPRESSIVE C ONTEXTS
Ps y c h o l ogy o f Re s i s t a n c e Vir t u a l M e e t i ng Se ri e s
This roundtable will bring together activists from Lebanon and Serbia who have engaged in some form of prefigurative politics, and researchers who have studied prefigurative movements in these two contexts and Turkey. All three contexts were or are marked with extensive use of police violence and other forms of severe repression. Researchers will present key insights from their studies on prefigurative movements. The roundtable will invite activists to reflect on what kinds of research, knowledge, or theoretical tools could best support their struggles, and will also give them the opportunity to respond directly to academic interpretations of their work.
TIJANA KARIĆ [UNIVERSITY OF MARBURG]
CHADEN NOUEIHED HANI [ACTION RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, LEBANON]
THIA SAGHERIAN-DICKEY [UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE]
YASEMIN GÜLSÜM ACAR [UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS]
JELENA BOŽIĆ [SVIĆE, SERBIA]
ORHAN KAYA [UNIVERSITY OF MARBURG]
MONDAY, FEB 9, 2026
9:00 San Francisco 11.00 Managua
12:00 New York 17.00 London 18:00
Belgrade 19.00 Beirut 20.00 Istanbul
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Great conversation on rejecting the nation state, Black peoples' statelessness, immigration, Obama's ICE, liberal urge to vote, going beyond colonial-imperial "boomerang", grief-grievances and hope. "state is a colonial instrument; it's a hierarchical class instrument"
elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 6mo agoI had @williamcson.bsky.social on @thefirethesetimes.com again to talk about the USA's descent into ever worsening authoritarianism, grief, hope and looking for another way out of these crises. On all podcast apps + Patreon (free) www.patreon.com/posts/149162...
