Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman

Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman

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Chicago, May 4, 1886. In the Haymarket region of the city, a peaceful Labor Day demonstration suddenly turns into a riot. The police intervene to maintain peace, but they soon use violence to quell the mob and a bomb is thrown, resulting in death and injuries to scores of people. In the widely publicized trial that followed, eight anarchists were condemned to death or life imprisonment, convicted of conspiracy, though none of them had actually thrown the bomb. A young Russian immigrant, Emma Goldman, had arrived just the previous year in the United States. She was deeply affected by what came to be known as the Haymarket Affair. She took on various jobs, including that of a factory worker before becoming a writer and lecturer committed to anarchist philosophy. In the years to follow, she and her lover planned to assassinate a well known financier and industrialist. Though the victim survived, Goldman's lover was sentenced to life imprisonment while she received a lesser sentence. However, she continued to spend time in and out of jail for various activities including distribution of literature regarding birth control, inducing people not to join the newly introduced military draft etc. She was deported back to Russia but found the regime there highly repressive and lived in Canada, England and France. She wrote passionately about issues that concerned humanity including prisons, religion, marriage, free love, the right of choice, capitalism, homosexuality, gender politics and militarism. Anarchism and Other Essays was first published by her own publishing house, Mother Earth. It opens with an introduction by Hippolyte Havel, a Czech anarchist who lived in Greenwich Village in New York. He was a great friend of the playwright, Eugene O'Neill, who based some of the characters in his plays on Havel. Havel provides a detailed biography of Emma Goldman and ends with a stirring call to emancipate humanity. Emma Goldman's preface describes her own journey and motives. Twelve chapters delineate Goldman's philosophy and ideas. They include thoughts on Minorities versus Majorities, Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure, The Hypocrisy of Puritanism, Marriage and Love, The Tragedy of Women's Emancipation and several more. Living in an age marked by the rise of unbridled capitalism, self righteousness, imperialism and greed, in these essays she writes simply, passionately, earnestly and penetratingly about ideas and ideals and how individuals are constantly in conflict with society. Goldman wrote ceaselessly; her works include pamphlets, essays, books and tracts. As an interesting and radical viewpoint, Anarchism and Other Essays is a thought provoking read which was also strangely prophetic about the future of politics to come.

Publisher
Loyal Books
Category
arts
Language
en
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Yes
First episode
20 Dec 2023
Latest episode
2 Jan 2024
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  1. 2 Jan 2024

    00 – Preface

  2. 1 Jan 2024

    01 – Anarchism

  3. 31 Dec 2023

    02 – Minorities Versus Majorities

  4. 30 Dec 2023

    03 – Psychology of Political Violence

  5. 29 Dec 2023

    04 – Prisons, A Social Crime & Failure

  6. 28 Dec 2023

    05 – Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty

  7. 27 Dec 2023

    06 – Francisco Ferrer

  8. 26 Dec 2023

    07 – The Hypocrisy of Puritanism

  9. 25 Dec 2023

    08 – The Traffic in Women

  10. 24 Dec 2023

    09 – Woman Suffrage

  11. 23 Dec 2023

    10 – The Tragedy of Womans Emancipation

  12. 22 Dec 2023

    11 – Marriage and Love

  13. 21 Dec 2023

    12 – The Modern Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought – Part 1

  14. 20 Dec 2023

    13 – The Modern Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought – Part 2

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