Launching Pressing Issues—an online event series discussing the politics of translating, archiving, and publishing!

We are excited to release this year’s paid online series: Pressing Issues—Printing Futures, Publishing Resistance! From October 2025 to January 2026, six online lectures, one tutorial, and one roundtable conversation take a deep dive into the politics of translating, archiving, and publishing—from researching Iranian feminist periodicals and building Pan-African liberation through archiving, to surviving capitalism as a queer publishing house, and fostering community through reading, publishing, and printing. The series explores the materiality of underground print, discusses the politics of translation beyond words, poses access questions in publishing, and examines the intersection of language and activism from within communities.

Register here to join the series hosting Parasto Backman, Ly Xīnzhèn Zhǎngsūn Brown, Chimurenga platform, Lissa Choukrane, Jazael Olguín Zapata from Cooperativa Cráter Invertido, Loraine Furter, Be Oakley from GenderFail, Marwan Kaabour, aqui Thami from Sister Library, and Kaiya Waerea from Sticky Fingers Publishing!