When will they fall? Authoritarian regimes and imperialist aggression
Channel: Спільне
Date: 16/11/2023

The key precondition of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the authoritarian regime which had been fascisising and consolidating in the hands of Putin throughout the years. After the oppression of nations living on territory of Russia, destruction of opposition initiatives, violent intervention in suppression of revolution in Syria and many other oppressive and imperialist actions, ignored by the West, the Russian regime attempted to occupy Ukraine. However such tendencies are present not only in Russia. 

On this panel we would like to analyze the uprise and development of authoritarian regimes and perspective of opposition to them. 

Moderated by sociologist and editor of Commons Journal Alona Liasheva. 
Speakers:
· Ilya Budraitskis, political and cultural theorist and activist, visiting scholar at UC Berkeley, Russia.
· Frieda Afary, Iranian American socialist feminist activist, translator and writer.
· Csaba Vincze, journalist, Hungary.

00:00 Introduction to the panel by Alona Liasheva
4:00 Ilya Budraitskis on fascization of Russian regime
21:47 Frieda Afary on evolution of Iranian authoritarianism and opposition to it
40:57 Csaba Vincze on authoritarian tendencies in Hungary
1:02:31 Discussion