Author: Kirill Medvedev and Oleg Zhuravlev

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Progressive Patriotism

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JUNE 18, 2019: Participants in a rally against the construction of the Shiyes solid domestic waste landfill in Arkhangelsk Region, northern Russia. Roman Pimenov/TASS –ÓÒÒˡ. —‡ÌÍÚ-œÂÚÂ·Û„. ”˜‡ÒÚÌËÍË ÏËÚËÌ„‡ ÔÓÚË‚ ÒÚÓËÚÂθÒÚ‚‡ ‚ ¿ı‡Ì„ÂθÒÍÓÈ Ó·Î‡ÒÚË ÏÛÒÓÌÓ„Ó ÔÓÎË„Ó̇ ‚ ÿËÂÒÂ. –ÓÏ‡Ì œËÏÂÌÓ‚/“¿——

Translated from the Russian original on Colta.ru by Maxim Edwards. LeftEast publishes this text not by way of unreserved endorsement but rather in an effort to initiate a debate about leftist strategy. In our editorial discussion at least, it generated plenty of questions: Do we need to limit our imagination of political community to the […]

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The Base and Navalny: How Can the Left Work with the Anti-Corruption Movement?

Alexei Navalny arrested at an opposition protest.

Over the last several months, it has become clear that Alexey Navalny and his anti-corruption/ presidential campaign have become the most effective vehicles for galvanizing the pent-up social and political grievances most Russians hold. Navalny is a peculiar figure, not easily describable by foreign analogies (and hardly as “Russia’s Trump”, as Alexey Sakhnin and Per […]