The History and Legacy of Clara Zetkin

Listen to the history and legacy of a true internationalist, feminist visionary, Clara Zetkin. This podcast is a Zoom recording of one of the sessions of our Revolutionary Feminism course. This session was taught by David Chung of the People's Forum and Kavita Kabeer of All Indian People's Science Network. Clara Zetkin was a leader in early socialist and feminist movements, often known as the "grandmother of German communism." Zetkin co-organized the International Socialist Women’s Congress, the Spartacist League, International Women’s Day, and opposition to World War I, fascism, and the Nazi party. In 1919, she became a founding member of the German Communist Party. Her feminist analysis was rooted in and with the exploited class; in her words, socialism was the only movement that "could truly serve the needs of working-class women.