https://znetwork.org/author/boriskagarlitsky/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:29:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/boriskagarlitsky/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/interview-with-boris-kagarlitsky-from-behind-bars/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/interview-with-boris-kagarlitsky-from-behind-bars/#respond Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:29:08 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1291048 Boris Kagarlitsky, a Russian sociologist and long-time left intellectual, is currently serving a sentence in a general-regime colony (IK-4). The interview below was conducted by Andrey Rudoy — a left journalist and host of the YouTube channel Vestnik Buri (listed by the Russian state as a “foreign agent”) — and first appeared in October 2025 as a [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/interview-with-boris-kagarlitsky-from-behind-bars/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-us-hegemony-to-a-war-of-all-against-all-boris-kagarlitsky-on-trumps-first-100-days/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-us-hegemony-to-a-war-of-all-against-all-boris-kagarlitsky-on-trumps-first-100-days/#respond Sun, 20 Jul 2025 15:04:51 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286427 First published in Russian at Spichka and Rabkor. Translation and introduction by Dmitry Pozhidaev for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal. This article is based on a series of letters sent by Boris Kagarlitsky from a Russian penal colony, where he is serving a 5-year prison sentence on politically motivated charges for his outspoken opposition to the war in Ukraine and the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-us-hegemony-to-a-war-of-all-against-all-boris-kagarlitsky-on-trumps-first-100-days/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-freeing-of-russias-political-prisoners-must-be-part-of-any-putin-trump-deal/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-freeing-of-russias-political-prisoners-must-be-part-of-any-putin-trump-deal/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:53:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1280641 Russian sociologist, author and anti-war activist Boris Kagarlitsky has recorded a message from his prison cell. In it he demands that the release of the thousands of political prisoners in the Russian Federation be negotiated as part of any agreement between Putin and Trump over Ukraine. Kagarlitsky, who opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine from [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-freeing-of-russias-political-prisoners-must-be-part-of-any-putin-trump-deal/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/russian-political-prisoner-boris-kagarlitsky-on-the-moscow-washington-axis/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/russian-political-prisoner-boris-kagarlitsky-on-the-moscow-washington-axis/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:16:01 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1280507 Editor’s note: This letter was sent by Boris Kagarlitsky on February 19 from the penal colony in Torzhok, Russia, where he is serving a five-year sentence for “justification of terrorism.” As such, it does not cover more recent developments, in particular the meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and United States President Donald Trump. Nevertheless, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/russian-political-prisoner-boris-kagarlitsky-on-the-moscow-washington-axis/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-trump-effect/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-trump-effect/#respond Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:06:14 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1275513 First published in Russian at Rabkor. Translation by Dmitry Pozhidaev for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal. Alas, I must begin this article with inevitable self-criticism. When the Democrats in the United States replaced the ageing [President Joseph] Biden with the youthful and elegant Kamala Harris, I, like many others, concluded that the return of Donald Trump [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-trump-effect/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dont-include-me-in-any-prisoner-exchange/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dont-include-me-in-any-prisoner-exchange/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:54:40 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1275422 Recently, discussions have intensified about another possible prisoner exchange. Which Russian political prisoners are being considered for exchanging with whom is still unclear, yet the debate on who should and should not be included in swap lists is well under way. I have stated several times, and I repeat now, that I do not wish [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/dont-include-me-in-any-prisoner-exchange/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-ordinary-russian-citizen-and-the-question-of-power/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-ordinary-russian-citizen-and-the-question-of-power/#respond Sun, 20 Oct 2024 15:20:12 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1273997 [Editor’s note: In this new article sent from the penal colony where he is currently serving a 5-year sentence for “justification of terrorism,” Boris Kagarlitsky analyses the relationship between ordinary Russian citizens (men and women) and the state. His analysis offers an explanation for the lack of active domestic opposition to the current aggressive course [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-ordinary-russian-citizen-and-the-question-of-power/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-left-should-not-be-making-concessions-but-dictating-its-terms/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-left-should-not-be-making-concessions-but-dictating-its-terms/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 16:34:33 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270158 [Editor’s note: In the interview below, Russian Marxist Boris Kagarlitsky responds to questions sent by Sasha from Rabkor to his cell in a Russian prison, where he currently finds himself serving a five-year jail term for his anti-war views. You can support the campaign to free Kagarlitsky by signing a petition here.] First published in Russian [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-left-should-not-be-making-concessions-but-dictating-its-terms/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/boris-kagarlitsky-the-hobbesian-world-of-multipolarity/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/boris-kagarlitsky-the-hobbesian-world-of-multipolarity/#respond Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:16:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1265359 In today’s Russian prisons, a sign of a prosperous and materially well-off cell is the presence of a television set, usually provided together with a refrigerator. For me, the television is less a source of pleasure than of torment, as I have already explained several times. The shrill, malicious voices of the propagandists literally pierce [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/boris-kagarlitsky-the-hobbesian-world-of-multipolarity/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/boris-kagarlitskys-open-letter-from-russian-prison/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/boris-kagarlitskys-open-letter-from-russian-prison/#respond Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:04:17 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1264712 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. Kagarlitsky himself was jailed for five years on February 13 over trumped-up charges of “justifying terrorism”. In reality, his only crime has been to speak out against Russia’s war in Ukraine. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/boris-kagarlitskys-open-letter-from-russian-prison/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-nadezhdin-phenomenon/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-nadezhdin-phenomenon/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1261191 It has long been the consensus of the political scientists that elections in Russia solve nothing. And in fact, no matter how free and competitive any one election might be, throughout Russian history there has never been a change of power as a result of the popular vote. But even on this basis it is [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-nadezhdin-phenomenon/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/my-trip-to-syktyvkar/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/my-trip-to-syktyvkar/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 21:41:01 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1260950 I was going to the airport to meet my wife, who was returning from abroad on July 25 last year. But the meeting did not take place. Two polite young men approached me and, presenting their FSB officer IDs, informed me that I had been detained: I was accused of justifying terrorism. Already in the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/my-trip-to-syktyvkar/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/kagarlitsky-letter-from-prison/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/kagarlitsky-letter-from-prison/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2023 01:17:09 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1252076 Boris Kagarlitsky, an internationally renowned scholar and political activist, was arrested on July 25 by the Russian Federal Security Service. Despite his lifelong anti-terrorism stance, he is accused of “justifying terrorism” based on a blog post about the Russia-Ukraine war. He is being held until September 24 and may face a seven-year prison term upon [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/kagarlitsky-letter-from-prison/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/idiots-no-longer-useful/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/idiots-no-longer-useful/#respond Sun, 30 Jul 2023 13:31:50 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1250161 “They can, but we can’t.” We had to repeat this for many months, when left-wing and liberal oppositionists were detained and sent to trial for the mere word “war” uttered in connection with military operations on the territory of Ukraine, while Igor Strelkov and his associates criticized words of the military leadership, complained about defeats [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/idiots-no-longer-useful/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/broken-windows-and-broken-lives/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/broken-windows-and-broken-lives/#respond Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:47:21 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1243810 There is only one Russian political prisoner, Alexei Navalny, who is known in the West. In Russia itself, he is also the most famous among the many people who are behind bars for their political position or activities. Here we must pay tribute to Navalny’s supporters, who not only made very serious efforts to draw [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/broken-windows-and-broken-lives/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/on-the-first-anniversary-of-the-war/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/on-the-first-anniversary-of-the-war/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:36:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1240475 A year has passed since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When it all began, Kremlin propaganda promised the collapse of the “Kyiv regime” within hours, the capture of the Ukrainian capital in days, and that the leaders of Western Europe would crawl to Moscow on their knees. We were later assured that [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/on-the-first-anniversary-of-the-war/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/how-will-the-war-in-ukraine-end/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/how-will-the-war-in-ukraine-end/#respond Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:09:54 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1240166 ]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/how-will-the-war-in-ukraine-end/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/russian-protest-and-exodus/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/russian-protest-and-exodus/#respond Sat, 08 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1222450 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/russian-protest-and-exodus/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zaudio/boris-kagarlitsky-on-russia-6-months-after-the-invasion-of-ukraine/ https://znetwork.org/zaudio/boris-kagarlitsky-on-russia-6-months-after-the-invasion-of-ukraine/#respond Sat, 10 Sep 2022 15:08:18 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=audio&p=1219559 https://znetwork.org/zaudio/boris-kagarlitsky-on-russia-6-months-after-the-invasion-of-ukraine/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-will-the-war-end/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-will-the-war-end/#respond Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:06:07 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1201828 The war between Russia and Ukraine has not only destroyed the lives of many thousands in both states, but also dealt a heavy blow to left and left-liberal political discourse in the West. Over the course of many years, ideological clichés have developed and worked successfully, allowing a more or less predictable response to any [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-will-the-war-end/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-russian-sociologist-explains-why-putins-war-is-going-even-worse-than-it-looks/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-russian-sociologist-explains-why-putins-war-is-going-even-worse-than-it-looks/#respond Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:33:56 +0000 https://zcomm-staging.work/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1140212 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-russian-sociologist-explains-why-putins-war-is-going-even-worse-than-it-looks/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-blitzkrieg-failed-whats-next/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-blitzkrieg-failed-whats-next/#respond Fri, 15 Apr 2022 12:00:57 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1057189 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-blitzkrieg-failed-whats-next/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/putin-navalny-and-the-left-the-coming-political-crisis-in-russia/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/putin-navalny-and-the-left-the-coming-political-crisis-in-russia/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:07:10 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1045902 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/putin-navalny-and-the-left-the-coming-political-crisis-in-russia/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/slavoj-zizek-and-the-yellow-vests/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/slavoj-zizek-and-the-yellow-vests/#respond Mon, 07 Jan 2019 08:59:35 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1016248 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/slavoj-zizek-and-the-yellow-vests/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/catalonia-the-revolt-of-the-rich/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/catalonia-the-revolt-of-the-rich/#respond Fri, 13 Oct 2017 09:03:53 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1003239 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/catalonia-the-revolt-of-the-rich/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/great-day-in-european-history/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/great-day-in-european-history/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:04:45 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=987884 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/great-day-in-european-history/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tsipras-and-the-vampires/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tsipras-and-the-vampires/#respond Fri, 03 Jul 2015 09:02:40 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=975602 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tsipras-and-the-vampires/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zcommentary/the-killing-of-novorossiya/ https://znetwork.org/zcommentary/the-killing-of-novorossiya/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2015 12:48:49 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=commentary&p=974354 https://znetwork.org/zcommentary/the-killing-of-novorossiya/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/rebel-eastern-ukraine-republics-between-war-and-elections/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/rebel-eastern-ukraine-republics-between-war-and-elections/#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:02:22 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=965153 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/rebel-eastern-ukraine-republics-between-war-and-elections/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zcommentary/eastern-ukraine-peoples-republics-between-militias-and-oligarchs/ https://znetwork.org/zcommentary/eastern-ukraine-peoples-republics-between-militias-and-oligarchs/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:07:10 +0000 http://zcomm.org/?post_type=commentary&p=731616 https://znetwork.org/zcommentary/eastern-ukraine-peoples-republics-between-militias-and-oligarchs/feed/ 1