Lydia
and Anne sit down with Daria Dyakonova to discuss the often
neglected history of the Communist Women's Movement (1920-22). They
talk about the origins of the movement, its most important figures,
the debates around what the base of the CWM would be, and what
would be the main issues it tackled, its changing relationship to
the Comintern and its recurring fight against male chauvinism
within the communist and broader workers movement. The discussion
finishes with the slow eclipse of the CWM until its final demise
and how that affected the future generations of communist
women.
Daria
and Mike Taber have an upcoming book on this topic through Brill's
Historical Materialism series.