A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai

79 - A.K. 47 - A Letter to a Young Comrade - Part 1

March 25, 2021 Kristen R. Ghodsee Season 3 Episode 26
A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai
79 - A.K. 47 - A Letter to a Young Comrade - Part 1
Show Notes

Kristen Ghodsee reads and discusses the introduction to Alexandra Kollontai included in a report written by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1959. This report, "The Communist Conspiracy: Strategy and Tactics of World Communism," includes two English selections of Kollontai's work: the foreword to Red Love and Isabel de Palencia's 1947 translation of Kollontai's essay, "A Letter to a Young Comrade."

Mentioned in this episode is Elaine Tyler May's excellent book, Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War.

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