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Alexandra Kollontai

Our Tasks
1917
First Published: in Rabotnitsa (Woman Worker), Petrograd, 1917, No 1!", ## $!%& 'our(e: Alexandra Kollontai: Selected Articles and Speeches, Progress Publishers, 19)%& *rans(ribed: 'all+ ,+an -or marxists org, "...& Proo-ed: and (orre(ted b+ /hris /la+ton "..0

A serious task o- great res#onsibilit+ no1 -a(es the 1orking men and 1omen o- our (ountr+ We must build the ne1 ,ussia, a ,ussia in 1hi(h the 1orking #eo#le, o--i(e 1orkers, ser2ants, da+ 1orkers, needle1omen and those 1ho are sim#l+ the 1i2es o- 1orking men, 1ill ha2e a better and brighter li-e than the+ had during the a((ursed reign o- blood+ Ni(holas 3o1e2er, the task o- 1inning and (onsolidating state #o1er -or the #roletariat and the small #easant, o- introdu(ing and im#lementing su(h legislation as 1ill limit the a##etites o(a#italist ex#loiters and de-end the interests o- 1orkers, is not the onl+ task no1 -a(ing the 1orking men and 1omen o- ,ussia *he #roletariat o- ,ussia no1 o((u#ies a s#e(ial #osition 2is!a!2is the 1orking men and 1omen o- other (ountries *he great ,ussian re2olution has #la(ed us, ,ussian 1orking men and 1omen, in the -ront ranks o- those -ighting -or the 1orld!1ide 1orkers4 (ause, -or the interests o- all 1orkers We are able to s#eak, 1rite and a(t more -reel+ than the 1orking 1omen and men o- other (ountries 3o1, then, (an 1e not use this -reedom, 1on -or us b+ the blood o- our (omrades, to (on(entrate our -or(es, the -or(es o- the 1omen o- the 1orking (lass, 1ithout dela+ in order to (ondu(t a tireless, insistent mass struggle to a(hie2e the 5ui(kest #ossible end to 1orld 1ar6 7ur 1omen (omrades, the 1orking 1omen o- other (ountries, are 1aiting -or us to take this ste# War is no1 the most dread-ul e2il hanging o2er us While the 1ar (ontinues 1e (annot build the ne1 ,ussia, (annot resol2e the #roblem o- bread, o- -ood, (annot halt the rising (ost oli2ing While, 1ith e2er+ hour that #asses, the 1ar (ontinues to kill and (ri##le our (hildren and husbands, 1e, the 1omen o- the 1orking (lass, (annot kno1 #ea(e8 9- our -irst task is to hel# our (omrades build the ne1, demo(rati( ,ussia, our se(ond task, no less urgent, and (loser to our hearts, is to rouse 1orking 1omen to de(lare 1ar on 1ar

And this means: -irstl+, not onl+ to oursel2es understand that this is not our 1ar, that it is being 1aged in the name o- the #e(uniar+ interests o- the 1ealth+ bosses, bankers and manu-a(turers, but also to (onstantl+ ex#lain this to our 1orking (omrades both 1omen and men 'e(ondl+, it means uniting the -or(es o- 1orking 1omen and men around that #art+ 1hi(h not onl+ de-ends the interests o- the ,ussian #roletariat, but is also -ighting to ensure that #roletarian blood is not shed -or the glor+ o- (a#italists /omrade 1omen 1orkers8 We (an no longer resign oursel2es to 1ar and rising #ri(es8 We must -ight :oin our ranks, the ranks o- the 'o(ial!;emo(rati( <abour Part+8 3o1e2er, it is not enough to =oin the #art+ 9- 1e reall+ 1ant to hasten #ea(e, then 1orking men and 1omen must -ight to ensure that state #o1er is trans-erred -rom the hands o- big (a#italists!the ones reall+ res#onsible -or all our 1oes, all the blood being shed on battle-ields!to the hands o- our re#resentati2es, the 'o2iet o- Workers4 and 'oldiers4 ;e#uties 9n the struggle against 1ar and rising #ri(es, in the struggle to se(ure #o1er in ,ussia -or the dis#ossessed, -or the 1orking #eo#le, in the struggle -or a ne1 order and ne1 la1s, mu(h de#ends on us, the 1omen 1orkers *he da+s are #assed 1hen the su((ess o- the 1orkers4 (ause de#ended onl+ on the organisation o- the men No1, as a result o- this 1ar, there has been a shar# (hange in the #osition o- 1orking!(lass 1omen Female labour (an no1 be -ound e2er+1here War has -or(ed 1omen to take =obs that be-ore the+ 1ould ne2er ha2e thought oWhereas in 191" there 1ere onl+ %> 1omen -or e2er+ 1.. men 1orking in -a(tories, no1 it is not un(ommon to -ind 1.. 1omen -or e2er+ 7> men *he su((ess o- the 1orkers (ause, the su((ess o- the 1orkers4 struggle -or a better li-e ? -or a shorter 1orking da+, -or higher #a+, -or health insuran(e, unem#lo+ment #a+, old!age #ensions, et( ? the su((ess o- their struggle to de-end the 1ork o- our (hildren, to obtain better s(hools, no1 de#ends not onl+ on the (ons(iousness and organisation o- the men, but also on the number o- 1omen 1orkers entering the ranks o- the organised 1orking (lass *he more ous enter the ranks o- the organised -ighters -or our (ommon 1orkers4 (ause and needs, the sooner 1e 1ill 1in (on(essions -rom the (a#italist extortionists All our strength, all our ho#e, lies in organisation8 No1 our slogan must be: (omrade 1omen 1orkers8 ;o not stand in isolation 9solated, 1e are but stra1s that an+ boss (an bend to his 1ill, but organised 1e are a might+ -or(e that no one (an break We, the 1omen 1orkers, 1ere the -irst to raise the ,ed @anner in the da+s o- the ,ussian re2olution, the -irst to go out onto the streets on Women4s ;a+ <et us no1 hasten to =oin the leading ranks o- the -ighters -or the 1orkers4 (ause, let us =oin trade unions, the 'o(ial! ;emo(rati( Part+, the 'o2iet o- Workers4 and 'oldiers4 ;e#uties8 7ur ranks united, 1e 1ill aim at ra#idl+ #utting an end to blood+ 1ar among the nations& 1e 1ill o##ose all 1ho ha2e -orgotten the great 1orking!(lass #re(e#t o- unit+, o- solidarit+ among the 1orkers o- e2er+ (ountr+ 9t is onl+ in re2olutionar+ struggle against the (a#italists o- e2er+ (ountr+, and onl+ in union 1ith the 1orking 1omen and men o- the 1hole 1orld, that 1e 1ill a(hie2e a ne1 and brighter -uture!the so(ialist brotherhood o- the 1orkers

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