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March 9, 2026
STROIKA marks our fourth anniversary at yet another difficult moment, which affirms the urgency of our mission.
Watch our birthday video message to learn about how we’re spending 2026: helping you not just resist, but persist.
And read our anniversary email below, which reflects on all that we have accomplished over the last four years -- and gives some practical advice for how you too can be an anti-authoritarian in these times.
Born in a moment of rupture
Registered one day after Russia’s full-scale invasion, STROIKA launched by raising emergency support for overlooked grassroots groups in Ukraine. What began as a $100,000 goal grew into over a million dollars delivered directly to frontline organizations, without red tape.
Building the network
We launched the Anti-Authoritarian Fund to support activists and journalists defending democracy, justice, and pluralism around the world. We provided rapid, flexible funding and designed intersectional convenings for exiled journalists, lawyers, artists, and LGBTQ+ activists across borders — pairing collaboration with resources to turn ideas into action.
Embedding preparedness
During the mega-election year, STROIKA launched the Bespoke Resilience Fund, to strengthen civil society’s preparedness for mounting attacks. We provided direct access to legal, financial, digital-security, and peer-support networks – by paying experts to work with grassroots organizations who lack the resources to do it themselves.
Cultivating resilience
As civil society faced overwhelm by design, STROIKA worked to bring both instructive hope and much-needed resources to anti-authoritarian movements.
We launched PRECEDENTED to share insights from activists and journalists from around the world — those who have lived through authoritarian pressure and are continuing to work with courage, creativity, and integrity. We also shared our pragmatic, clear-eyed, but hopeful analyses with the public.
Most critically, we provided small grants directly to the anti-authoritarian leaders who need them most — rapidly and efficiently.
We were proud to support incredible partners this year, including:
🏗️ US climate justice leaders
🏗️ Global immigrants’ rights movements
🏗️ Black American trans organizers
🏗️ Puerto Rican feminist activists
🏗️ Ugandan human rights lawyers
🏗️ Russian anti-war activists
🏗️ Investigative journalists working in exile
- Speak out against injustice in all the ways that feel safe for you.
- Support local organizations and mutual aid projects in your community with your time, money, and talents.
- Share PRECEDENTED with your community — because we could all use some hopeful stories from those who’ve lived and worked and through authoritarianism.
- Continue to find joy and cultivate hope! And remember to make space for grief, too — we need to take time to collectively mourn the world we deserved, before we can dream up an even better world for our future.
- Consider a tax-deductible donation to STROIKA, so we can continue supporting our incredible partners around the world.
With appreciation and determination,
Tatyana and Yelena
Consider giving to STROIKA’s Anti-Authoritarian Fund: your tax-deductible donations will provide critical support to the frontline groups working for a better future around the world. If you know of an organization or activist that would be a good fit for STROIKA’s global anti-authoritarian network, don’t hesitate to contact us. And seek out the progressive local organizations and civic movements that inspire you in your own communities, and find ways to give of your time and talents.
