Clara Zetkin wrote socialist and feminist political texts on women's emancipation, labour organisation and fascism. Her speeches and essays argue that women's liberation must be connected with class politics and participation in the socialist movement rather than separated into a purely middle-class reform project. Later writings and speeches address the rise of fascism and the need for organised working-class opposition. Zetkin's work is polemical and historically situated, often read in collections rather than through one single canonical book. The strongest audience overlap is with readers of socialist feminism, labour history, early communist politics and the history of International Women's Day. Read more Less