Kristen Ghodsee reads the third part of her biographical chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from Ghodsee's 2022 book, Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women.

Mentioned in this episode:

Event - December 2, 2025 in Berlin: Book Discussion of Everyday Utopia with the Frei Universität
Event - December 4, 2025 in Vienna: “What has socialism done for women?”
Event - December 5, 2025 in Berlin: Jacobin.de special issue launch party

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