Anarchism and Other Essays - Softcover

Goldman, Emma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484116577 ISBN 13: 9781484116579

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

Emma Goldman's most important essays now available in a budget edition. Essential reading for anyone interested in anarchist thought and Goldman's unique contribution to it. Check out our full range of books at www.dogstailbooks.co.uk

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About the Author:

Emma Goldman (June 27 [O.S. June 15], 1869 – May 14, 1940) was an anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century. Born in Kovno in the Russian Empire (present-day Kaunas, Lithuania), Goldman emigrated to the U.S. in 1885 and lived in New York City, where she joined the burgeoning anarchist movement in 1889. Attracted to anarchism after the Haymarket affair, Goldman became a writer and a renowned lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, attracting crowds of thousands. She and anarchist writer Alexander Berkman, her lover and lifelong friend, planned to assassinate industrialist and financier Henry Clay Frick as an act of propaganda of the deed. Although Frick survived the attempt on his life, Berkman was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Goldman was imprisoned several times in the years that followed, for "inciting to riot" and illegally distributing information about birth control. In 1906, Goldman founded the anarchist journal Mother Earth.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1484116577
• ISBN 13: 9781484116579
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132
• Editor: Jonson Will