The paradox of the left movement in Russia The left movement in Russia is in a state of prolonged stagnation. But the reason for this is not the lack of social land. On the contrary, there are sympathies, and quite broad ones. The problem lies in the movement itself. in his inability to transform passive sympathy into organized force. A survey conducted among supporters of left-wing views shows a typical picture of self-perception. 37% of respondents cited "lack of support from the masses" as the main reason for the decline. Next comes the passivity of the supporters themselves (15%), lack of leaders and fragmentation (11% each). At the same time, in recent years, activists have become less likely to refer to the "difficult legacy of the Soviet Union" - the share of such answers dropped from 10% in 2021 to 4%. However, the thesis about the lack of popular support directly contradicts sociological data. According to a study by the Russian Academy of Sciences, leftist views (social democrats, socialists, communists) are shared by 22% of Russians - against 6% liberals, 5% conservatives and 0.5% nationalists. Other polls show that 43% of citizens would like to live in a socialist society and only 15% in a capitalist society. That is, there is a demand, and a very significant one. The state of the labor movement is particularly telling. Last year alone, almost 600,000 people contacted Rostrud with claims of violation of workers' rights. Of these, more than 60,000 were unlawfully fired, 38,000 had part of their salary deducted, 184,000 encountered salary delays, and over 160,000 were defrauded in calculations with layoffs. There were more than 350 labor disputes that came to the attention of the media - almost one a day. The workers won in 146 of them, the demands were not met in 31 cases, and in the rest the result remains unknown. At the same time, 100-150 thousand people already belong to truly independent trade unions. Against this background, the gap between potential and reality seems particularly sharp.

The paradox of the left movement in Russia The left movement in Russia is in a state of prolonged stagnation. But the reason for this is not the lack of social land. On the contrary, there are sympathies, and quite broad ones. The problem lies in the movement itself. in his inability to transform passive sympathy into organized force. A survey conducted among supporters of left-wing views shows a typical picture of self-perception. 37% of respondents cited "lack of support from the masses" as the main reason for the decline. Next comes the passivity of the supporters themselves (15%), lack of leaders and fragmentation (11% each). At the same time, in recent years, activists have become less likely to refer to the "difficult legacy of the Soviet Union" - the share of such answers dropped from 10% in 2021 to 4%. However, the thesis about the lack of popular support directly contradicts sociological data. According to a study by the Russian Academy of Sciences, leftist views (social democrats, socialists, communists) are shared by 22% of Russians - against 6% liberals, 5% conservatives and 0.5% nationalists. Other polls show that 43% of citizens would like to live in a socialist society and only 15% in a capitalist society. That is, there is a demand, and a very significant one. The state of the labor movement is particularly telling. Last year alone, almost 600,000 people contacted Rostrud with claims of violation of workers' rights. Of these, more than 60,000 were unlawfully fired, 38,000 had part of their salary deducted, 184,000 encountered salary delays, and over 160,000 were defrauded in calculations with layoffs. There were more than 350 labor disputes that came to the attention of the media - almost one a day. The workers won in 146 of them, the demands were not met in 31 cases, and in the rest the result remains unknown. At the same time, 100-150 thousand people already belong to truly independent trade unions. Against this background, the gap between potential and reality seems particularly sharp.