1872-1952
Russian revolutionary socialist leader.
During the 1917 Russian Revolution,
she was a member of the Central
Committee of the Bolshevik party. She
is renowned for her feminist writings.
All our strength, all our hope, lies
in organisation!
Now our slogan must be: comrade
women workers! Do not stand
in isolation. Isolated, we are but
straws that any boss can bend
to his will, but organized we are
a mighty force that no one can
break.
We, the women workers, were the
first to raise the Red Banner in the
days of the Russian revolution, the
first to go out onto the streets on
Women’s Day. Let us now hasten
to join the leading ranks of the
fighters for the workers’ cause…
Our ranks united, we will aim at
rapidly putting an end to bloody
war among the nations; we will
oppose all who have forgotten
the great working-class precept
of unity, of solidarity among the
workers of every country.
It is only in revolutionary
struggle against the capitalists
of every country, and only in
union with the working women
and men of the whole world,
that we will achieve a new and
brighter future-the socialist
brotherhood of the workers.
Excerpt from: Our Tasks, 1917
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