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Venue: Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm, QLD
Date: Tue 10 Mar 2026 6:00pm - POWERHOUSE THEATRE

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Presented by: Brisbane Writers Festival

In 2020 (an eventful year), award-winning journalist and New Yorker contributor M Gessen released Surviving Autocracy, an astute and pragmatic guide to navigating the erosion of political norms and freedoms. Drawing on their Soviet childhood and years spent working as a journalist in Putin's Russia, Gessen offers a deep and incisive analysis of how language, media and other social fixtures are co-opted and dismantled by autocratic leaders like Trump – and why institutions won't save the day. Five years on, as the collapse of the liberal international order (not to mention the East Wing of the White House) accelerates, Gessen's work is essential 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.

Tue 10 Mar 2026
Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, QLD

Times are approx. and subject to change at any time.

Box Office: Mon-Sun 9-5, 60 minutes prior to performance times
Doors Open: 15 minutes prior to performance start
Running Time: 60 minutes