Emma Goldman


Emma Goldman
A brief look at the life and writings of Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman
What initially drew Goldman to anarchism was the outcry that followed the Haymarket Square tragedy in 1886 in Chicago. Emma Goldman had followed the event intensely and on the day of the hanging she decided to become a revolutionary.

Red Emma and the Reds
A lengthy reply to an American Leninist and his lies and distortions about Emma Goldman's politics and life.

"How Revolutions must not be made" -- and the alternative
A review of Emma Goldman's "My Disillusionment in Russia"

Emmas writings

Anarchism: What it really Stands For
To deal even remotely with all that is being said and done against Anarchism would necessitate the writing of a whole volume. I shall therefore meet only two of the principal objections. In so doing, I shall attempt to elucidate what Anarchism really stands for

The Individual, Society and the State
The struggle of opposing ideas now going on in the world involves social problems urgently demanding a solution. The welfare of the individual and the fate of human society depend on the right answer to those questions The crisis, unemployment, war, disarmament, international relations, etc., are among those problems.

My Disillusionment in Russia
My Disillusionment in Russia is Goldman's account of her experiences in Soviet Russia from 1920 to 1921 and what she saw as the Bolsheviks' betrayal of the revolution.

Living My Life Chapter XLV
Goldmans autobiography

Other Emma material

Pictures of Emma and of her grave


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