My Answer to an American Questionnaire - Pasha Angelina

“How did you become what you are, Pasha?”  


Praskovya Angelina, affectionately known as Pasha Angelina, takes
issue with an American Encyclopaedia's recognition of her as
being a 'distinguished person'. In this autobiographical piece
she lays out the story of her life from peasant farmer to deputy
of the Supreme Soviet and takes us on a journey through
collectivisation and the Soviet psyche during some of the most
hopeful, and the most desperate times of modern human history.





 Join us as we discuss Pasha Angelina's 'My Answer to an
American Questionnaire', in which we learn the about the strength
and humility of this Hero of Socialist Labour, contrast the
mindsets of people living under socialism with those living under
capitalism, discover the indomitable spirit of the Soviet people
and learn how one of the most distinguished citizens of her era
understood the concept fame. 





This episode is part of our series on Marxist feminists. As Mao
and Thomas Sankara said, “Women hold up the other half of the
sky.”  Red Book Club recognizes that including the voices of
nonmen in our studies is not a niche activity, but is in fact an
essential step in gaining  the most comprehensive view of
the material conditions of the past  and present as we
possibly can; so we’ve planned this series to amplify the ideas
that nonmen have been bringing to the conversation for
 centuries. From Federici’s analysis of women as a means of
primitive accumulation to Luxemburg’s essay of the benefits of
revolution vs the impossibility of reform, each of these works
confronts history and the movement for social change through the
lens of the experiences of nonmen in society.





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 Outro music: Марш женских бригад - Женского хора и оркестра
ГАБТ СССР 


 [March of the Women's Brigades - Female Choir and Orchestra
of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR]