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MOSCOW here i come!

by Mitko October 13, 2021

today my new, scholar friends gave me a full lesson on Buryat Buddhism…

by Mitko October 7, 2021

all of us in the pics are girls who speak colonial languages and keep losing heritage ones

by Mitko October 6, 2021

dressing like a Buryat is not just for photos—

by Mitko October 5, 2021

originally came to celebrate the traditional but ended up discovering avant garde, out-of-box artists and youth culture entrepreneurs.

by Mitko October 3, 2021

how shamanism and buddhism coalesce here in Buryatia!

by Mitko October 1, 2021

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Iara Lee: Photos

by Mitko January 6, 2020

AZERBAIJAN

by Mitko January 4, 2020

LAOS

by Mitko November 18, 2019

Malawi

by Mitko November 12, 2019

Latest Posts

  • The most terrible eco tragedy in Brazil!

    by Mitko April 8, 2018
    April 8, 2018

    “At least 58 people have been confirmed killed and hundreds remain missing following Friday’s mudslide. Even before the latest setbacks, hope that people had survived the tsunami of iron ore …

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  • Show your support for imprisoned journalists!

    by Mitko April 6, 2018
    April 6, 2018

    Thanks to the Committee to Protect Journalists, you can send a digital postcard to one of the many journalists around the world who have been imprisoned for doing their job …

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  • Support the United Liberation Movement for West Papua!

    by Mitko April 4, 2018
    April 4, 2018

    The ULMWP is helping to lead the struggle to free West Papua, a former Dutch colony that was set to gain independence in the 1960s—until the Indonesian military invaded. Indonesia …

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  • #FreeValsero

    by Mitko April 3, 2018
    April 3, 2018

    #FreeValsero: A prominent Cameroonian hip-hop artist and human rights activist has been imprisoned, alongside 130 other activists, since participating in a nonviolent protest in January!! He is currently facing 8 …

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  • NAMIBIA in the UK

    by Mitko April 3, 2018
    April 3, 2018

    The Stolen Moments exhibition at SOAS is just a couple weeks away! We are so excited to be able to help the exhibition through a grant provided by the Cultures …

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  • Non-digital tangibility

    by Mitko April 1, 2018
    April 1, 2018

    Considering so much of our lives get trapped in the digital domain, something so special about tangible travel journals, love letters, handwritten notes [Photo credit: Aaron Burden, Unsplash.com.]  

    Read more
  • Trump and his military bases…

    by Mitko April 1, 2018
    April 1, 2018

    Trump calls black nations shithole countries but wants to build a military base in Ghana! GHANA protests! [Photo credit: M. B. M., Unsplash.com.]

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  • Want to learn more about agroecology and join the food sovereignty movement? Check out our ally La Via Campesina!

    by Mitko March 26, 2018
    March 26, 2018

    “The crisis in the industrial food system is impossible to ignore. For over a decade, study after study has validated the assertion of the Food Sovereignty movement in 2007 – …

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  • Happy #InternationalWomensDay!

    by Mitko March 25, 2018
    March 25, 2018

    Check out 6 ways women all over the world are changing it for the better. https://www.npr.org/…/daring-to-ride-a-bike-and-5-other-way… [Photo credit: Dulcey Lima, Unsplash.com.]

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  • BRAZIL

    by Mitko March 24, 2018
    March 24, 2018

    Volunteers at the Sociedade Chauá nursery in southern Brazil. This amazing nursery is growing more than 150 different tree species. [Photo credit: Sociedade Chaua.]  

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  • One more species extinct! 

    by Mitko March 23, 2018
    March 23, 2018

    Sooo sad It is with great sadness that Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino, age 45, died at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya on March 19th, 2018. RIP! #SudanForever #TheLoneBachelorGone #Only2Left …

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  • “High Water” by Andrew Quilty

    by Mitko March 23, 2018
    March 23, 2018

    Check out this photo series of Afghani boys with handmade skis that was just shortlisted for the World Photography Awards! See more here: https://www.worldphoto.org/…/profe…/high-water-andrew-quilty [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

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  • Our latest 3 films continue to travel the world while we prepare for the next film shoot

    by Mitko March 22, 2018
    March 22, 2018

    The Melanesian Arts & Cultural Festival (2018 July 1 to 10), coming to the SOLOMON ISLANDS this summer to mark the country’s 40th independence anniversary! This year’s theme is “Past …

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  • Since August, more than 645,000 Muslim Rohyinga have fled Burma for Bangladesh.

    by Mitko March 21, 2018
    March 21, 2018

    Most sources characterize the conflict as religious persecution, with Human Rights Watch describing the recent massacres as part of a “campaign of ethnic cleansing” by Burma’s security forces. However, one …

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  • From LISBON

    by Mitko March 20, 2018
    March 20, 2018

    To be an activist in my homecountry BRAZIL is life-threatening experience and one more was assassinated: Marielle Franco, defender of black women, LGBT, struggle in the slums. she fought against …

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  • On the 15th anniversary of the US’s invasion of Iraq, our allies at the Center for Constitutional Rights are calling for reparations for the war’s survivors!

    by Mitko March 20, 2018
    March 20, 2018

    In a statement to the media today, they wrote: “The hardships have not stopped activists in Iraq from fighting for justice and for progressive issues, even in the face of …

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  • An inspiring show of resistance to gun violence by students in the US!

    by Mitko March 19, 2018
    March 19, 2018

    See more photos and follow live updates from around the country here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/school-walkout.html [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

    Read more
  • After the destruction of YEMEN, SYRIA, LIBYA… I worry so much IRAN is next.

    by Mitko March 18, 2018
    March 18, 2018

    Just gut feeling fear for all my beloved IRANIAN friends who so much suffer from internal gov and external aggression… [Photo credit: Steven Su, Unsplash.com.]

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  • Feeling helpless in the face of Syria’s humanitarian crisis? Take action with our ally Molham Volunteering Team!

    by Mitko March 16, 2018
    March 16, 2018

    The Molham Volunteering Team is an all-volunteer relief organization helping Syrian refugees by providing a list of urgent cases and ways that you can help. One of their latest was …

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  • Here are our scholarship recipients clean up the environment in East Timor!

    by Mitko March 15, 2018
    March 15, 2018

    Our Cultures Of Resistance Network is proud to support scholarships for secondary and higher education through the Centre Quesadhip Ruak in East Timor. Last week, a lot of the students …

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about iara

Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action!

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Iara LeeIara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! Read more here.

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  • MOSCOW here i come!
  • stunning art by Imad Qusay, one more recipient of our @culturesofresistance Creative Activism Awards!
  • my new siberian friend who is a brazilian portuguese speaker!
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