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jaxexpat

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4. One should totally get that movements to change ....

Reply to nycbos (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 03:58 PM

Oct 2022

Must have women in their midst if they have hope for relevance. The onset of the Russian revolution, throwing off the Czar, had little to do with the eventual rule of Stalinist totalitarianism. There is no direct line to be drawn from the March 1917 women's strike to Stalin. There was an interim government and a civil war between the two events as well as a guy named Lenin.

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Oppressing women has NEVER been a good idea [View all] momta Oct 2022 OP

I don't know if the Russian revolution is a good historical parallel. nycbos Oct 2022 #1

Kinda beside the point momta Oct 2022 #2

No it is is the point. Outcomes do matter. nycbos Oct 2022 #3

One should totally get that movements to change .... jaxexpat Oct 2022 #4

Yeah, but the women didn't know that would happen. They, like most Russians of the time PatrickforB Oct 2022 #7

I side with momta here. It parallel's the START of the Revolution pretty well. Tommymac Oct 2022 #8

brilliant to point this out... thank you! bluboid Oct 2022 #5

The Russian Revolution in 1917 also started with women marching Warpy Oct 2022 #6