153 - A.K. 47 - The Communist Valkyrie - Part 1

Kristen Ghodsee reads from her own chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from her 2022 book, Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women, available now in  Spanish, Italian, Slovak, Chinese, Turkish, and Korean, and also available as an audio book.

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Kristen R. Ghodsee is the award-winning author of twelve books and Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Check out Kristen Ghodsee's recent books:

Everyday Utopia Red Valkyries Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Second World, Second Sex

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