79 - A.K. 47 - A Letter to a Young Comrade - Part 1

Kristen Ghodsee reads and discusses the introduction to Alexandra Kollontai included in a report written by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1959. This report, "The Communist Conspiracy: Strategy and Tactics of World Communism," includes two English selections of Kollontai's work: the foreword to Red Love and Isabel de Palencia's 1947 translation of Kollontai's essay, "A Letter to a Young Comrade." Mentioned in this episode is Elaine Tyler May's excellent book, Homeward Bound: A...