6-8PM

Monday April 13th

Sociology Lounge, room 6112

The Russian leftist scene faced a serious challenge with the start of the conflict in Ukraine. Some part of it in fact takes the side of “its own government,” focusing their activities on help for the “peoples’ republics” in Eastern Ukraine. Another part criticizes Russian imperialist intervention and the “national unity” politics inside the country. Despite of these differences, which sometimes prevent any personal or political contacts with each other, the Russian left as a whole has become a victim of the increasing repressive policy of the regime and patriotic hysteria in society.

Ilya Budraitskis is a historian, curator and activist. He is a member of editorial board of the Moscow Art Magazine, OpenLeft and LeftEast. Budraitsikis co-edited (with Ekaterina Degot and Marta Dziewanska) and contributed to the book Post-post-Soviet? Art, Politics and Society in Russia in the Turn of the Decade (Chicago University Press, 2013) and is the co-editor (with Arseniy Zhilyaev) and contributor of Pedagogical Poem (Marsilio Editori, 2014).

This event is free and open to the public.

Cosponsored by Center for Place, Culture and Politics, Graduate Center, CUNY and LeftEast.