Mary Ann DeVlieg
madevl.bsky.social
Mary Ann DeVlieg
@madevl.bsky.social
independent by nature and profession. works in arts+human rights.
The Student and Civic Protest in Serbia
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The Student and Civic Protest in Serbia
A New Hope for Democratization
open.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
open.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Israel’s Ramadan massacre obliterates any remaining western claims of moral leadership url:https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/ramadan-massacre-obliterates-wests-claim-moral-leadership
March 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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March 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
just finished reading 'Aftershocks': Contemporary Syrian Prose edited by the wonderful journalist Alia Malek. In turns, beautiful, surreal, reflective... highly recommended.
March 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Nepo Baby Who Dodged the Draft Tries To Bully War Hero
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Nepo Baby Who Dodged the Draft Tries To Bully War Hero
A reality TV star tried to intimidate a wartime leader and it went exactly how you'd expect.
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Asked by Euractiv today whether the EU had indeed done a good job of screwing the US, European Commission spokesman Olof Gill responded, "it’s sometimes difficult to believe that we have to offer responses to this type of stuff," before giving a prepared statement.
February 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
wonderful new publication from On the Move on displaced artists - a scoping rview to see what has (and not) been written regarding displaced artists and their support. Thank you Rana Yazaji and On the Move! on-the-move.org/resources/li...
Intersecting Temporalities: At-Risk and Displaced Artists in Transition (Volume 1: Scoping Review)
The publication ‘Intersecting Temporalities: At-Risk and Displaced Artists in Transition (Volume 1 Scoping Review) is the first of four publications from On the Move’s research and action project, whi...
on-the-move.org
February 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
My father, like so many others, risked his life fighting Nazis. Many lost their lives. Can someone explain why any American (or European for that matter) thinks a Nazi salute is cool? Maybe your grandparents never told you about it?
February 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
‘Every writer...is a citizen as well as an artist, and there are times when his citizenship is more urgent than his art; times that is when public policy threatens to submerge the truth on which his art depends.’ (p. 393)

From ‘A Clerk’s Apology’, 26 March 1938. New Statesman
February 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I was with Salman Rushdie when he was stabbed. The ‘reader effect’ saved us
February 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is beautiful and breathtaking - teaching teachers in Palestine. Everything Turns Away Quite Leisurely twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/02/ever...
Everything Turns Away Quite Leisurely
Contributed by Rebecca Chace / It’s 5:40 AM in New York and 12:40 PM in Palestine on August 10, 2024. I run back and forth inside my dark Brooklyn apartment, barefoot in a T-shirt and underpants. T…
twocoatsofpaint.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Look - it’s in English - how artists become at risk and what happens after…https://wok.art.pl/en/dzialania/on-the-wok-radar/artykul-rosnie-liczba-przesiedlonych-artystow-w-europie-czy-branza-artystyczna-ponosi-zbiorowa-odpowiedzialnosc/
ARTICLE: The Rise of the Displaced Artist in Europe: Does the Arts Sector Share a Collective Responsibility? — Warszawskie Obserwatorium Kultury
Does the arts sector in Europe have a collective responsibility for artists who have been relocated or displaced due to persecution or abuse of their human rights? I would say yes, the arts sector eve...
wok.art.pl
February 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Essential for anyone concerned about how to resist :https://meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-of-our-power-a-conversation-with-political-scientist-erica-chenoweth/?ref=meditations-in-an-emergency-newsletter
February 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Just started reading Pankaj Mishra’s The World After Gaza. It looks deep…
February 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Serbia’s students are showing the world how to restore democratic hope | Adriana Zaharijević
February 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM