Cristina Flesher Fominaya

Author/ Democracy Reloaded (Oxford University Press) Editor@ Social Movement Studies, Interface Journal; Prof. Global Studies, Aarhus Uni, PhD @UCBerkeley

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Articles

Introduction: Mobilizing during COVID-19: social movements in times of crisis

Oct 23, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Priska Daphi |Cristina Flesher Fominaya |Eduardo Romanos

ABSTRACTEarly 2020 saw the beginning of a pandemic that triggered an unprecedented global health crisis and economic turmoil. The COVID-19 pandemic also crucially affected the dynamics of political mobilization in social movements. This introduction seeks to reflect on such effects. In particular, we ask: How did the pandemic change or hinder existing struggles? To what extent did new activist networks, issues, and forms of action emerge?
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Europe Is Where Belarus Belongs

Feb 19, 2024 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Katja Artsiomenka |Edouard Gaudot |Maria Kazakova |Cristina Flesher Fominaya

After violently crushing the 2020 protests, dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko tightened his grip on power, outlawed all forms of opposition, and backed Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The prospects for a democratic future in Belarus hinge on Europe’s continued support for the fight against Russian imperialism. Interview with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled leader of Belarus’ democratic opposition.