Yes thank you so much Andreas, I think we all need a bit of time to digest this- what happens here is not just something with unprecedented geopolitical implications, but also runs right through (Ukranian / Russian) families.
An unspeakable tragedy… Deeply concerned, Eric > On 24 Feb 2022, at 11:42, Andreas Broeckmann <broeckm...@leuphana.de> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > after the build-up of the last days and weeks, this morning we woke up to a > terrible new situation. The Russian attack on Ukraine is a catastrophe, for > the people and the country of Ukraine, and thus for Europe, and I believe > also for Russia. This war will not only bring futile and awful destruction, > but it will also change many things, not only in the Ukrainian territories > now under attack. > > I'm writing to open up this space for debate. You may have other channels for > such discussions elsewhere (... it has been more than twenty years ago that > the Syndicate list, the precursor to Spectre, was an important channel for > such discussions during the conflict in Kosovo and the NATO attacks on > Serbia). But this list, with its legacy of reflecting the diversity and > solidarity of artists and cultural practitioners in "Deep Europe" and beyond, > is certainly available for exchange, analysis and coordination if required. > > If there are people here on the list who can report about the situation in > Ukraine, they may want to inform their international colleagues about what > forms of help and solidarity might be useful. > > And if there are people (especially in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, etc.) who > would like to write anonymously, please, feel free to write to me and I will > anonymise and forward any reasonable messages. > > Andreas > ______________________________________________ > SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe > Info, archive and help: > http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
