March 31, 1872: Birthday of Bolshevik leader Alexandra Kollontai.
An organizer of workers, mobilizer of women, powerful orator, theoretician on questions of women’s emancipation, sexuality and gender, a leader of the Great October Socialist Revolution and the first woman in modern history to hold a cabinet-level government post – in Soviet Russia.
It’s worth listening to his whole address. I may not agree with some of his politics and policies from his governor days, but these are true and powerful words that ought to resonate with all reasonable folks.
I could have done without the background music, but I HIGHLY recommend that all public speakers should have a big-ass sword to whip out anytime they feel they’re losing their audience’s attention.
