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SUMMARY:BWF: Conversations with Richard Fidler and M. Gessen
DESCRIPTION:6:00pm, Tuesday 10th March 2026Powerhouse Theatre, Brisban
 e Powerhouse119 Lamington St, New Farm\n\nIn 2020 (an eventful year), 
 award-winning journalist and New Yorker contributor M. Gessen
  released Surviving Autocracy, an astute and pragmatic guide to navi
 gating the erosion of political norms and freedoms. Drawing on their S
 oviet childhood and years spent working as a journalist in Putin's Rus
 sia, Gessen offers a deep and incisive analysis of how language, media
  and other social fixtures are co-opted and dismantled by autocratic l
 eaders like Trump – and why institutions won't save the day. Five ye
 ars on, as the collapse of the liberal international order (not to men
 tion the East Wing of the White House) accelerates, Gessen's work is e
 ssential to surviving what might come next. Join this leading thinker 
 and commentator on our global authoritarian turn as they discuss what 
 Trump 2.0 means for the future of democracy.
LOCATION:Powerhouse Theatre, 119 Lamington St, New Farm QLD 4005, Australia
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