Anarchism and Other Essays is a 1910 collection of essays by Emma Goldman. In clear, forceful prose she examines anarchism, prisons, patriotism, political violence, marriage, women's emancipation, and free thought, arguing for individual liberty and social change. It remains valuable for listeners interested in radical thought and early feminist debate.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
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ANARCHISM AND OTHER ESSAYS Emma Goldman With Biographic Sketch by Hippolyte Havel CONTENTS Biographic Sketch Preface Anarchism: What It Really Stands For Minorities Versus Majorities The Psychology of Political Violence Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty Francisco Ferrer and The Modern School The Hypocrisy of Puritanism
The Traffic in Women Woman Suffrage The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation Marriage and Love The Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought EMMA GOLDMAN Propagandism is not, as some suppose, a "trade," because nobody will follow a "trade" at which you may work with the industry of a slave and die with the reputation of a mendicant. The motives of any persons to pursue such a profession must be different from those of trade, deeper than pride, and stronger than interest. GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE. Among the men and women prominent in the public life of America there are but few whose names are mentioned as often as that of Emma Goldman. Yet the real Emma Goldman is almost quite unknown. The sensational press has surrounded her name with so much misrepresentation and slander, it would seem almost a miracle that, in spite of this web of calumny, the truth breaks through and a better appreciation of this much maligned idealist begins to manifest itself. There is but little consolation in the fact that almost every representative of a new idea has had to struggle and suffer under similar difficulties. Is it of any avail that a former president of a republic pays
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