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

84 - A.K. 47 - The War and Our Immediate Tasks

July 06, 2021 Kristen R. Ghodsee Season 4 Episode 1
A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai
84 - A.K. 47 - The War and Our Immediate Tasks
Show Notes

Kristen Ghodsee reads and discusses Alexandra Kollontai’s 1914 essay, “War and Our Immediate Tasks,” which reflects her early commitment to pacifism during World War I.  Mentioned in this episode is Leo Tolstoy’s important book, The Kingdom of God Is Within You, the foundational document of Christian anarchism and a key theoretical elucidation of pacifism which had a profound impact on Mohandas Gandhi (and through Gandhi on Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Also mentioned in this episode are several podcasts, articles, and a new book by Kristen Ghodsee:

Podcast: National Public Radio, Throughline, “Capitalism: What Is It?” June 24, 2021

Podcast: Revolutionary Left Radio, Interview with Kristen Ghodsee, “The Life and Legacy of Alexandra Kollontai” June 18, 2021

Article:When the women’s movement went global,” Le Monde Diplomatique English, July 1, 2021

Article:Les « grands-mères rouges » du mouvement international des femmes,Le Monde Diplomatique, June 30, 2021

Article:Politicized Representations of Love and Sex: Reading the GDR’s Das Magazin,” with Angelina Eimannsberger, Groniek, No. 226, 2021.

New Book: Taking Stock of Shock: Social Consequences of the 1989 Revolutions (with    Mitchell Orenstein), Oxford University Press, 2021

New Translation: Por que as mulheres tem melhor sexo sob o socialismo e outros argumentos a favor da independência econômica, Autonomia Literaria

Video: Book Launch, Taking Stock of Shock: Social Consequences of the 1989 Revolutions, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Video: Book Launch for Maria Todorova’s The Lost World of Socialists at Europe’s Margins: Imagining Utopia

Kristen Ghodsee's author website: www.kristenghodsee.com

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