The Worldwide Family of Militant Women
About this episode
Breht and Alyson discuss Arlene Eisen's memoir and the history of militant women in political struggles.
In this episode, Breht and Alyson sit down with Arlene Eisen to discuss her new memoir, In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women . Eisen reflects on her political formation across the upheavals of the 1960s through the early 1980s, her encounters with Black liberation and anti-imperialist struggle, and the forgotten history of militant women who built relationships of solidarity across borders. Together they explore internationalism, revolutionary commitment, movement fragmentation, and what younger generations can still learn from an era when women fought empire not from the margins, but from the heart of the struggle. The result is a rich conversation about memory, political development, and the urgent need to build durable anti-imperialist movements in our own time. ----------------------------- Check out a great new resource for revolutionary education, Unlearning Capitalism: https://unlearn.capital/ Follow, Subscribe, & Learn more about Rev Left Radio https://revleftradio.com/
People in this episode
Hosts: Breht, Alyson
Guest: Arlene Eisen
Topics covered
- militant women
- political formation
- internationalism
- anti-imperialism
- solidarity
- revolutionary commitment
Keywords
- militant women
- political memoir
- anti-imperialism
- solidarity
- 1960s
- 1980s
- revolutionary movements
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women
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