Cat, destroyer of worlds<p><strong>Boris Kagarlitsky and the challenges of the left today: International conference</strong></p><blockquote><p>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, <em>The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left</em>.</p><p>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.</p></blockquote><p>After an opening address by Nancy Fraser the four sessions of the conference cover:</p><ul><li>Discussion of The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left</li><li>The situation of the Left in Russia</li><li>Imperialism(s) today</li><li>Political repression and the threat to intellectual freedom in Russia and beyond</li><li>The final session also launches the Kagarlitsky Network for Academic and Intellectual Freedom</li></ul><p><a href="https://piped.video/watch?v=4a_zSWKkIgE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">piped.video/watch?v=4a_zSWKkIg</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/Kagarlitsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagarlitsky</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/NancyFraser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NancyFraser</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialist</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/antiwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiwar</span></a></p>