BORIS KAGARLITSKY
AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE LEFT TODAY
FEATURING:
Nancy Fraser
Greg Yudin
Alex Callinicos
Robert Brenner
Hanna Perekhoda
Pavel Kudyukin
BORIS KAGARLITSKY
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
On February 13, 2024, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation sentenced prominent Russian socialist, anti-war activist and author Boris Kagarlitsky to five years jail
for ‘justifying terrorism’.
This campaign exists to win his freedom and that of all other antiwar prisoners in Russia.
for ‘justifying terrorism’.
This campaign exists to win his freedom and that of all other antiwar prisoners in Russia.
SUPPORT US
The funds collected are used to organize the campaign for the release of Boris and cover the expenses for the lawyers.
OUR GOALS
Fighting repression of anti-war movement in Russia
According to Russian human rights organisation OVD-Info, over three hundred anti-war political prisoners have been unjustly jailed and suffer persecution in the Russian Federation and the occupied territory of Ukraine, often in life-threatening conditions.
Like Boris Kagarlitsky, they have been jailed under catch-all legislation designed to crush opposition to the war and advance “Russian values”.
These elastic laws cover
They are used against any opponent of the invasion of Ukraine, whether citizen of the Russian Federation (Russian and non-Russian alike), citizens of the occupied territories in Ukraine, and even Ukrainian prisoners of war.
According to Russian human rights organisation OVD-Info, over three hundred anti-war political prisoners have been unjustly jailed and suffer persecution in the Russian Federation and the occupied territory of Ukraine, often in life-threatening conditions.
Like Boris Kagarlitsky, they have been jailed under catch-all legislation designed to crush opposition to the war and advance “Russian values”.
These elastic laws cover
- public justification of terrorism
- bringing discredit upon the armed forces
- public dissemination of knowingly false information
- propaganda or public display of banned symbols
- extremism
They are used against any opponent of the invasion of Ukraine, whether citizen of the Russian Federation (Russian and non-Russian alike), citizens of the occupied territories in Ukraine, and even Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Advancing left theory and practice
Since Boris Kagarlitsky first became known to a non-Russian audience as the winner of the 1988 Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize (for his work The Thinking Reed: Intellectuals and the Soviet State 1917 to the Present), he has worked to promote the left’s understanding of the world and its effort to change it—both in the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, and internationally.
Kagarlitsky’s latest addition to this life-long contribution is The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left, which will be the subject of an october 8 online conference organised by the Campaign and hosted by Pluto Press, the Daniel Singer Prisoner of Conscience Committee, and the University of Johannesburg Centre for Social Change.
Since Boris Kagarlitsky first became known to a non-Russian audience as the winner of the 1988 Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize (for his work The Thinking Reed: Intellectuals and the Soviet State 1917 to the Present), he has worked to promote the left’s understanding of the world and its effort to change it—both in the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, and internationally.
Kagarlitsky’s latest addition to this life-long contribution is The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left, which will be the subject of an october 8 online conference organised by the Campaign and hosted by Pluto Press, the Daniel Singer Prisoner of Conscience Committee, and the University of Johannesburg Centre for Social Change.
Advancing intellectual freedom
The Kagarlitsky Network for Intellectual Freedom is an alliance of people committed to defending the fundamental values of freedom of thought and investigation against any threat of repression,
Its initial focus is on the rising threat to intellectual freedom in the Russian Federation, but it will also look to strengthen solidarity with all those fighting for this fundamental value in any other country where it is under threat.
Join the Network here!
The Kagarlitsky Network for Intellectual Freedom is an alliance of people committed to defending the fundamental values of freedom of thought and investigation against any threat of repression,
Its initial focus is on the rising threat to intellectual freedom in the Russian Federation, but it will also look to strengthen solidarity with all those fighting for this fundamental value in any other country where it is under threat.
Join the Network here!
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
demanding the release of Boris Kagarlitsky and all anti-war political prisoners in the Russian Federation.
starting with the October 8 online conference “Boris Kagarlitsky and the challenges of the left today”.
of the changing situation of anti-war political prisoners.
for anti-war political prisoners.
for Intellectual Freedom.
to Boris Kagarlitsky’s legal defence and family support fund.
