Not In Our Name
When nations make peace without the people most affected, it’s not diplomacy, it’s denial. This is what it means to be left out of your own future.
Behind Closed Doors, Justice Fades
While the world looks away, tables are set behind locked doors. The U.S. and Russia have begun direct talks in Saudi Arabia to “resolve” the war in Ukraine — without Ukraine. No European allies. No invaded nation present. Just power, proximity, and the arrogance of old empires writing peace terms as if history has forgotten who suffered.
This is not diplomacy. It is an erasure.
Our latest poster, “Not In Our Name,” imagines the danger of proxy peace. Two towering pillars — one American, one Russian — loom over a broken, smoldering Ukraine. Between them, faceless diplomats draft the future. And in the shadows, a mother holds her child as torn protest signs litter the ground:
“No Peace Without Us.”
“Ukraine Is Not a Bargaining Chip.”
Art as Witness
This poster doesn’t claim to speak for Ukraine. It claims the opposite — that no one should speak instead of Ukraine. That any peace forged without presence is built on silence, not healing.
ForgeTheTruth.com stands against that silence. We remember the invaded, not just the invaders. We draw attention to the shadows where deals are struck without consent. This is our act of memory. Our refusal to look away.
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Should peace ever be negotiated without the people most affected?
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Headline Source:
U.S. and Russia Engage in Talks to End Ukraine War Without Ukrainian Participation
— Reported May 19, 2025, BBC News