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Emma Goldman, “Walt Whitman”
[two_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] The poet of Leaves of Grass is a true son of American soil and yet very un-American. So long as he sings the song of the wonders of nature, the […]
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Mutual Exchange on “Anarchy and Democracy”
I’ve been participating in the C4SS “Mutual Exchange” on the topic of “Anarchy and Democracy,” along with a star-studded assembly of anarchists and libertarians from various tendencies. While this is technically the June exchange, it […]
Bakunin Library
Library Update — July 1, 2017
Today is the anniversary of the death of Bakunin in 1876. It seems like as good an occasion as any to update folks on the progress of the library (particularly as I had really hoped […]
The Sex Question
Emma Goldman, “Russell Sage” (1906)
RUSSELL SAGE. Emma Goldman. WHAT an indictment against Society! Impure and poisonous, indeed, must have been the soil that nurtured such a plant. The champions of the capitalistic system assert that the majority will ever […]
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Emma Goldman, “The Tragedy of Woman’s Emancipation” (1906)
The Tragedy of Woman’s Emancipation By Emma Goldman I BEGIN my article with an admission: Regardless of all political and economic theories, treating of the fundamental differences between the various groups within the human race, […]
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Emma Goldman, “The Effect of War on the Workers” (1900)
THE EFFECT OF WAR ON THE WORKERS. (Address by Emma Goldman on February 20, in London.) FELLOW WORKERS.—Let me begin my address with a quotation from one of England’s greatest men; not the England of […]
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Emma Goldman, “Police Brutality” (1906)
POLICE BRUTALITY. Liberty by the grace of the police and the might of the club was again brought home to us in the most brutal and unspeakable manner. A club of young boys and girls, […]
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Emma Goldman, “To the Readers of Mother Earth” (1906)
TO THE READERS OF MOTHER EARTH. Those of you who have been startled by the rumor of Comrade Alexander Berkman’s disappearance and his supposed kidnapping I want to inform that there was little truth in […]
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Emma Goldman, “Police Education” (1907)
POLICE EDUCATION Our criticism of the police brutality at the arrests on October 30th seems to have done the “Safety” Department some good. True, the word Anarchism still affects them like the proverbial red rag, […]
Anarchist Beginnings
Max Baginski, “Without Government” (1906)
WITHOUT GOVERNMENT By Max Baginski THE gist of the anarchistic idea is this, that there are qualities present in man, which permit the possibilities of social life, organization, and co-operative work without the application of […]