Kollontai: Social Basis of the Woman Question - PSMLS

To celebrate the socialist holiday of International Women's Day, the People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a critical class on Alexandra Kollontai's timeless text: "The Social Basis of the Woman Question," (1909). Many of the discussion had in this class can serve as very useful resources for our own interactions and conversations. Enjoy listening! Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Literature Used In This Class: The Social Basis of the Woman Question by Alexandra Kollontai https://www.marxists.org/archive/koll...​ Recommended Reading: An Interview with Lenin on the Woman Question by Clara Zetkin https://www.marxists.org/archive/zetk...​ Lenin on the Women’s Question by Clara Zetkin (1920) https://www.marxists.org/archive/zetk...​ Communism & the Family by Alexandra Kollontai (1920) https://www.marxists.org/archive/koll...​ PSMLS Website: http://peoplesschool.org/contact/​ Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/​ 0:00​ Introduction 0:43​ Reading section 1 5:37​ U.S.S.R. & Women? (Q&A) 7:57​ Lenin & feminism? (Q&A) 11:31​ Kollontai the social democrat? (Q&A) 11:59​ The "glass ceiling" 13:19​ Women's rights in 1909? (Q&A) 14:14​ Women representation? (Q&A) 16:49​ Reading section 2 23:40​ A prescient text 24:08​ Tokenism 26:33​ Identity politics 27:19​ Biden goofing off 28:41​ White feminism? (Q&A) 30:17​ Reading section 3 38:41​ Feminism co-opted 39:55​ Text still relevant today 40:35​ Advice for men to help? (Q&A) 42:21​ The "class reductionism" trope 44:52​ Relevant quotation 45:13​ More "class reductionism" talk 48:42​ Lenin & Zetkin 56:59​ Even more on "class reductionism" 57:37​ Men and women aren't enemies 58:21​ Conclusion