Boris Kagarlitsky

This special online conference in Boris Kagarlitsky’s honour will address the double aspect of his contribution: his wide-ranging analysis of the left’s dilemmas; and his resistance to the authoritarianism of the regime of Vladimir Putin.

Boris Kagarlitsky — Debates over whether Russia’s current decoupling from the West and pivot to China constitutes a real delinking from the imperialist centre have intensified following the conflict in Ukraine and imposition of unprecedented Western sanctions.

Boris Kagarlitsky — The influence of the far right has kept growing in precisely the degree to which the left has retreated from its previous class politics.

From a Russian prison, Boris Kagarlitsky puts forward his views on the rise of the far right and reasons for the left's crisis.

Patrick Bond — Boris Kagarlitsky has had a torrid time with Russia’s notorious carceral regime, most recently on February 13, 2024 when prosecutors allied with one Kremlin faction had him re-imprisoned for a five-year term.

The following is a chapter from Russian anti-war Marxist Boris Kagarlitsky’s forthcoming book, “The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left”.

In his latest letter from a Russian prison, Boris Kagarlitsky addresses why should we, in 2024, find Lenin interesting.

Boris Kagarlitsky discusses the need for an alternative to the individualist logic of modern liberalism and the totalitarian aggressiveness of the new conservatism.

Writing from a Russian prison, sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky has penned the following open letter in support of a broad solidarity campaign with left-wing Russian political prisoners.

Mikhail Lobanov on the prospects for political change in Putin’s Russia.

In a new letter to his daughter from Detention Centre No.12 in Zelenograd, Boris Kagarlitsky discusses the fallout of the horrific terrorist attack at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall.

Andrea Levy — Renowned Russian sociologist, dissident was jailed on February 13 for five years on trumped-up charges of “justifying terrorism”.