Rossana Rossanda (1924–2020) was one of the leading communist intellectuals in postwar Italy and a founding editor of the newspaper il manifesto. Her political memoir, The Comrade from Milan, was published by Verso Books in 2010. Lea Melandri is a leading Italian feminist thinker. She teaches at Milan’s Free University for Women. Richard Braude is a translator and writer living in Palermo, Italy.

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• 1. Self-Defence of a Political I2. A Hussar Called Hope3. Théroigne de Méricourt: Neither Commoner nor Lady4. Depth and History5. On the Threshold of Mystery6. Raise the Red Lantern7. This Body that Inhabits MeAfterword: Friendship, a Calming Deposit of the Self

Rossana Rossanda (1924–2020) was one of the leading communist intellectuals in postwar Italy and a founding editor of the newspaper il manifesto. Her political memoir, The Comrade from Milan, was published by Verso Books in 2010. Lea Melandri is a leading Italian feminist thinker. She teaches at Milan’s Free University for Women. Richard Braude is a translator and writer living in Palermo, Italy.

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• 1. Self-Defence of a Political I2. A Hussar Called Hope3. Théroigne de Méricourt: Neither Commoner nor Lady4. Depth and History5. On the Threshold of Mystery6. Raise the Red Lantern7. This Body that Inhabits MeAfterword: Friendship, a Calming Deposit of the Self

Rossana Rossanda (1924–2020) was one of the leading communist intellectuals in postwar Italy and a founding editor of the newspaper il manifesto. Her political memoir, The Comrade from Milan, was published by Verso Books in 2010. Lea Melandri is a leading Italian feminist thinker. She teaches at Milan’s Free University for Women. Richard Braude is a translator and writer living in Palermo, Italy.

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• 1. Self-Defence of a Political I2. A Hussar Called Hope3. Théroigne de Méricourt: Neither Commoner nor Lady4. Depth and History5. On the Threshold of Mystery6. Raise the Red Lantern7. This Body that Inhabits MeAfterword: Friendship, a Calming Deposit of the Self