We asked Susanne to tell us her story of working with the topic of memory, and why memory activism is important for her. Read some quotes from the interview here, and find the full text on our website — memo.site/susie_siegert.

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If you decide to honor Varlam Shalamov's memory today, send us your #memoryactivism efforts or tag us. We’d be happy to share your activism.

"Thank you to everyone who, through their actions, words, and thoughts, keeps the starlight alive, ignites new stars, and ensures hope never fades."
Text on the photo: "The darker the night, the brighter the stars."
#HumanRightsDay #memoryactivism #artactivism

#Memoryactivism in honor of Alexey Navalny’s birthday

Our follower sent us photos of two homemade memorial plaques. They were put up on the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, where “Navalny” received an Oscar in the “Best Documentary Feature” category in 2023.

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If you're in NYC tomorrow, join the discussion about Sarah Gensburger's and my recent volume! More salient now than when it came out! #memoryactivism

10 years since the assassination of Boris Nemtsov

On the night of 27-28 February 2015, Boris Nemtsov, a politician and consistent critic of the Putin regime, was shot dead in front of the Kremlin.

#memoryactivism #borisnemtsov

Now, in February 2025, after almost three years of full-scale criminal war, we remember that these monuments are also a symbol. They are a symbol of the fact that a regime built on terror is doomed.
#memoryactivism #resistance

New article form the Comics, Memory, Activism Collection: Reading and writing Italian queerness: Visual genealogies in Nicoz Balboa and Alec Trenta - cup.org/3JXHgke

By Alice Parrinello

#comicstudies #graphicnovels #memoryactivism