BORIS KAGARLITSKY
and the challenges
of the left today

October 8, 2024 Online conference
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  • Nancy Fraser
    American philosopher, critical theorist, feminist, professor of philosophy at the New School in New York City. Fraser is widely known for her critique of identity politics and her work on the concept of justice.
  • Patrick Bond
    Distinguished Professor at the University of Johannesburg Department of Sociology, where he directs the Centre for Social Change.
  • Greg Yudin
    Russian sociologist, expert on public opinion and polls in Russia. Candidate of Philosophical Sciences. Professor at the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences.
  • Alex Callinicos
    Rhodesian-born British political theorist and activist. An adherent of Trotskyism, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and serves as its International Secretary.
  • Hanna Perekhoda
    Member of solidaritéS in Vaud Canton, Switzerland, and a PhD candidate in Political Science (University of Lausanne).
  • Robert Brenner
    American economic historian. He is a professor emeritus of history and director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA, editor of the socialist journal Against the Current, and editorial committee member of New Left Review.
  • Ilya Matveev
    Political scientist formerly based in St Petersburg, Russia. Currently a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley.
  • Ilya Budraitskis
    Moscow-based historian and political writer. He is current member of editorial board of Moscow Art Magazine, Openleft.ru and LeftEast.
  • Bill Fletcher Jr
    Former president of TransAfrica Forum; a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies; and in the leadership of several other projects.
  • Ksenia Kagarlitskaia
    Daughter of Boris Kagarlitsky, organizer of the international festival in support of political prisoners "Freedom Zone".
  • Speakers from Feminist Anti-War Resistance
    Group of Russian feminists founded in February 2022 to protest against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  • Speakers from Memorial
    Non-profit organization engaged in the study of political repression in the USSR and modern Russia, promoting the moral and legal rehabilitation of persons subjected to political repression.
  • Pavel Kudyudin
    Co-chair of the University Solidarity Trade Union, a member of the Council of the Confederation of Labour of Russia, and was the Deputy Minister of Labour of Russia (1991-1993)
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE


Ever defiant in the face of repression and a five-year jail term, Boris Kagarlitsky, Russia’s best-known socialist thinker, has just published his latest book, The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left.

This special online conference in Kagarlitsky’s honour will address the double aspect of his contribution: his wide-ranging analysis of the left’s dilemmas
in the face of multiple global crises and the advance of the far right;
and his resistance — together with other persecuted anti-war activists in the Russian Federation — to the authoritarianism of the regime of Vladimir Putin.
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After an opening address
by Nancy Fraser the four sessions
of the teleconference will cover:
  • Discussion of The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left
  • The situation of the Left in Russia
  • Imperialism(s) today
  • Political repression and the threat to intellectual freedom in Russia and beyond
  • The final session will also launch the Kagarlitsky Network for Academic and Intellectual Freedom
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Organised by: Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Committee
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