Isabel Magkoeva
{{Short description|Russian political activist}}
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Isabel Magkoeva ({{langx|ru|Изабель Казбековна Магкоева}}, born 20 January 1991) is a Russian political activist. She is an alumna of Russian State University for the Humanities in 2010, a specialist in oriental studies and Japanese literature, and a prominent member of the Russian Socialist Movement.
Activism
A former teenage model, Magkoeva became interested in left wing literature when she was in her late teens, and started participating in political events during the 2011–2012 Russian protests{{cite web |url=http://www.bne.eu/story4040/Not_enough_rage_against_the_Russian_machine |title=Not enough rage against the Russian machine |author=Julia Reed |work=Business New Europe |date=3 October 2012 |accessdate=8 November 2012 |archive-date=17 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017211809/http://www.bne.eu/story4040/Not_enough_rage_against_the_Russian_machine |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=446651 |script-title=ru:"Комитет 6 мая" призвал освободить "узников Болотной" |work=Russia 24 |language=Russian |date=15 September 2012 |accessdate=4 November 2012}} (including #OccupyAbay{{cite web |url=http://www.afisha.ru/article/kto-organizuet-moskovskij-okkupaj/ |script-title=ru:Кто организует московский оккупай |author1=Alexander Ostrogorsky |author2=Danil Turovsky |author3=Elena Vanina |work=Afisha |language=Russian |date=6 June 2012 |accessdate=2 November 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://lenta.ru/articles/2012/07/26/postabay/ |script-title=ru:Дети Абая |author=Ilya Azar |work=Lenta |language=Russian |date=26 July 2012 |accessdate=7 November 2012}}). She was one of the lead speakers on the third "March of Millions" rally in Moscow, one of the organizers of "School of Civic Journalism", a fundraiser for the [http://6may.org/en/o-komitete/about-us/ "6th of May Committee"] (an organization in support of Russian political prisoners and detainees), and a participant of several actions in support of aforementioned prisoners.{{cite web |url=http://www.m24.ru/articles/7855 |script-title=ru:У здания ФСБ за незаконную акцию задержаны несколько человек |work=Moscow 24 |language=Russian |date=23 October 2012 |accessdate=7 November 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/russia/2012/10/121031_rus_press.shtml |script-title=ru:Пресса России: по сценарию 37-го? |author=Olga Karaulova |work=BBC |language=Russian |date=31 October 2012 |accessdate=7 November 2012}} She also participated in numerous debates, some of which were aired on Rain TV.[http://tvrain.ru/articles/boj_2_2_oktjabrja-331076/ Debates on Rain TV]. 2 October 2012[http://tvrain.ru/articles/boj_3_9_oktjabrja-331436/ Debates on Rain TV]. 3 October 2012 During the Opposition Coordination Council elections, she ran as a candidate from the "New Left" block.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Some journalists and political activists have compared her to the well-known Chilean activist Camila Vallejo.{{cite web |url=http://liva.com.ua/isabelle-magkoeva.html |script-title=ru:Путин – не причина, а следствие |author=Andriy Manchuk |work=ЛІВА.com.ua |language=Russian |accessdate=4 November 2012 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412162541/https://liva.com.ua/isabelle-magkoeva.html |url-status=dead }}
Political views
In an interview.{{cite web |url=http://www.mr7.ru/articles/60062/ |script-title=ru:Любое государство - это аппарат насилия и поддержания неравенства |author=Yulia Galkina |work=Мой район |language=Russian |date=18 September 2012 |accessdate=2 November 2012}} with "Moi Raion" (My District) newspaper, she described her views as "socialist", but rejected the Stalinist ideology of the Russian "old left" as unacceptable for her.{{cn|date=May 2023}} She views any government/state as an apparatus of monopolized violence and institutionalized inequality, and expresses positive opinions towards such anarcho-communist ideas as decentralization, direct democracy{{cite web |url=http://mnenia.ru/rubric/politics/parlamentskaya-demokratiya-bolshe-ne-rabotaet/ |script-title=ru:Парламентская демократия больше не работает |author=Dmitry Litvinov |work=Мнения.ру |language=Russian |date=15 October 2012 |accessdate=7 November 2012}} and collective ownership of natural resources, but doesn't call for an immediate abolition of all government institutions, because it would make no sense so long as the root causes of exploitation and organized violence are still present. She also considers herself a feminist,{{cite web |url=http://www.russian.rfi.fr/rossiya/20121019-izabel-magkoeva-sotsializm-eto-vsegda-radikalno |script-title=ru:Изабель Магкоева: "Социализм – это всегда радикально" |author=Anya Aivazyan |work=Radio France Internationale |language=Russian |date=19 October 2012 |accessdate=7 November 2012}} but admits that in the highly patriarchal Russian society such views are quite unpopular: "I'm all for gender equality and therefore a feminist, but... the root cause of patriarchy is employment inequality, and that's what should be uprooted in the first place. Statistically, women in Russia earn 40% less on average than men, every third woman is subject to domestic violence, and so on". According to her, she chose to join the RSD (Russian Socialist Movement) because of its democratic, non-authoritarian operational structure and opposition to strong leaderism (which distinguishes the RSD from the majority of "old" Russian left-wing movements).
References
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External links
- [http://www.cvk2012.org/candidates/?ID=baccffdd-cfc2-4695-8d69-b5aeca631d36 Isabel Magkoeva's page] at Opposition Coordination Council site.
- [http://www.facebook.com/isabelle.magkoeva Official Facebook page]
- [https://twitter.com/isabelmagkoeva Official Twitter account]
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