137 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - Claudia Jones's 8 March 1950 International Women's Day Speech A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai

For International Women's Day, Kristen Ghodsee reads the Black Trinidadian activist and journalist Claudia Jones's speech for International Women's Day in 1950. This speech, (and the published version which appeared afterwards) led to Jones's arrest and eventual deportation from the United States. Jones was a member of the CPUSA, and believed that women's emancipation and civil rights required a strong stance against imperialism and militarism. She say capitalism, patriarchy, and white suprem...