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Back to Search10 - A.K. 47 - Make Way for Winged Eros: A Letter to Working Youth, Part II
Season 1 Episode 9
This is the second episode in a series of episodes that will feature Kristen R. Ghodsee's reading and discussion of Alexandra Kollontai's 1923 essay: "Make Way for Winged Eros: A Letter to Working Yo…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
9 - A.K. 47 - Make Way for Winged Eros: A Letter to Working Youth, Part I
Season 1 Episode 8
Happy Spring!
This is the first episode in a series of episodes that will feature Kristen R. Ghodsee's reading and discussion of Alexandra Kollontai's 1923 essay: "Make Way for Winged Eros: A Letter t…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
8 - A.K. 47 - Kollontai Speaks "To the Workers"
Season 1 Episode 7
Happy International Women's Day! This episode features an actual audio clip of Alexandra Kollontai speaking "to the workers." This undated audio clip was downloaded from the www.marxists.org website,…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
7 - A.K. 47 - What Has the October Revolution Done for Women in the West?
Season 1 Episode 6
On the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution in 1927, Alexandra Kollontai published an essay titled, "What Has the October Revolution Done for Women in the West?" In this episode, Kristen Ghodse…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
6 - A.K. 47 - The Labour of Women in the Evolution of the Economy
Season 1 Episode 5
In 1920, the Soviet Union became the first country in the world to legalize abortion. In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee reads a few paragraphs from Alexandra Kollontai's 1921 essay: "The Labour of Wo…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
5 - A.K. 47 - Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle
Season 1 Episode 4
In this episode, Kristen R. Ghodsee reads selections from Alexandra Kollontai's 1921 essay, "Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle." Here, Kollontai describes the loneliness people feel when they t…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
4 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode: A radical conversation with a 17-year-old
Season 1 Episode 3
In this episode, Kristen Ghodsee discusses the contemporary relevance of Alexandra Kollontai with her 17-year-old daughter. What does a socialist theorist writing over a century ago have to tell youn…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
3 - A.K. 47 - First International Socialist Women's Conference 1907
Season 1 Episode 2
In this second episode, Kristen Ghodsee takes a moment to introduce herself and to give some background on Alexandra Kollontai. Ghodsee then reads the first section of Kollontai's report from the Fir…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
2 - A.K. 47 - Women's Day 1913
Season 1 Episode 1
In this first episode, Kristen Ghodsee provides and introduction and reads an abridged version of Alexandra Kollontai's 1913 article in Pravda. Published on March 8 (February 23 in Russia), this essa…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
1 - A.K. 47 - Two Minute Podcast Introduction
Season 1 Episode 1
This is a little introduction to the A.K. 47 podcast recorded on May 2, 2019, about four months after the first episode was recorded and published. Basically, Kristen Ghodsee is apologizing for the v…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago