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

81 - A.K. 47 - A Letter to a Young Comrade - Part 3

May 04, 2021 Kristen R. Ghodsee Season 3 Episode 28
A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai
81 - A.K. 47 - A Letter to a Young Comrade - Part 3
Show Notes

Kristen Ghodsee reads and discusses the second part of Isabel de Palencia's 1947 translation of Alexandra Kollontai's essay, "A Letter to a Young Comrade."  This essay was reprinted in a report written by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1959: "The Communist Conspiracy: Strategy and Tactics of World Communism."

This essay is essentially a shorter version of "Make Way for Winged Eros" and was taken to be representative of Kollontai's work by the Americans who included it in this collection.  

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