What is Marlas Army?
Marlas Army is a publishing project by Marla Svenja Liebich.
It connects texts, chronicles, and personal observations with social analysis and historical context.
At its core is language as a tool: to describe reality, clarify concepts, and reflect on power, responsibility, and change.
A journalistic point of departure
Marlas Army is not an association, organization, or campaign.
There is no membership, no formal structures, and no central control.
The project emerges from texts—and from the resonance with those texts.
In particular, the ongoing Exile Chronicle documents contemporary history through the lens of the present. It links historical years with current observations and makes visible how social patterns, language, and ways of thinking repeat or change.
Impact beyond the digital space
Marlas Army does not function solely as an online project.
Many readers take up thoughts, impulses, and questions from the texts and independently carry them into their real lives.
This impact is reflected, among other things, in:
- volunteer engagement
- self-initiated social or cultural projects
- local discussions and exchange formats
- conscious decisions in everyday life
- journalistic, artistic, or supportive activities
All of this happens voluntarily, decentralized, and without mandate.
Participants
People who connect with Marlas Army do not see themselves as followers, but as autonomous actors.
What unites them is:
- enthusiasm for clear, unabridged language
- interest in contemporary history and social contexts
- the willingness to take responsibility in one’s own environment
- the desire not only to demand change, but to actively help shape it
Marlas Army provides no instructions—but offers impulses for thought and action.
Proactive, volunteer-based, and self-responsible
The activities emerging from Marlas Army take place:
- on a voluntary basis
- self-responsibly
- without institutional affiliation
- without an economic or political mandate
It is precisely this openness that is part of the project’s strength.
Impact does not arise through organization, but through attitude.
The Role of the Author
The point of departure of Marlas Army is the work of
Marla Svenja Liebich as an author, chronicler, and observer.
The texts provide the framework for engagement, reflection, and resonance.
What emerges from this is not under the control of the project, but lies in the responsibility of the people themselves.
A Living Process
Marlas Army is not a finished concept.
It is an ongoing process that evolves over time—through new texts, new perspectives, and new forms of impact.
The significance of the project is not reflected in numbers or structures, but in people who choose to take responsibility and live change within their own sphere.