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My Heart Belongs to the Finnish Poor

Alexandra Kollontaï - My Heart Belongs to the Finnish Poor
The first English translation of Alexandra Kollontai's "My Heart Belongs to the Finnish Poor", originally published as "Suomen köyhälistölle kuuluu sydämeni" by the Finnish Trade Union Federation yearbook Työn Juhla: Suomen ammattijärjestön juhlajulkaisu in 1911. Designed by Ott Kagovere, the essay is printed in 200 copies as a risographed poster.
Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was a Russian revolutionary, politician, diplomat and Marxist and feminist theoretician. A highly prominent woman within the Bolshevik party, she was the first woman in history to be a cabinet minister, and the first woman ambassador.

See also Red Love – A Reader on Alexandra Kollontai.
Edited and commented by Cathy Porter.
Translated from the Finnish by MLH.
 
2025 (publication expected by 1st quarter)
English edition
21 x 29,7 cm
 
forthcoming
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