How Lenin Studied Marx - Nadezhda Krupskaya

"In moments of greatest difficulty and danger, when many stronger
comrades lost heart and succumbed to doubt, Nadezhda Krupskaya
remained always the same, totally convinced of the rightness of
the cause and of its certain victory. She radiated unshakable
faith, and this staunchness of spirit, concealed behind a rare
modesty, always had a cheering effect upon all who came into
contact with the companion of the great leader of the October
Revolution."





In this episode we discuss 'How Lenin Studied Marx' by Nadezhda
Kruspkaya. In this vital work Krupskaya uses her unique insight
into Lenin's life to illustrate how he 'consulted' Marx as well
as his method and the true depth of his understanding of the
great thinker. Often dismissed merely as 'the wife of Lenin',
Krupskaya shows here her profound understanding of Marxism and we
talk about why she was such an important figure in the
development of the USSR.





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. Follow
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 Outro music: Надежда - Анна Герман - [Nadezhda - Anna
German]