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Emma Goldman writings
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Emma Goldman writings

Emma Goldman was a influential anarchist who was prominent in the late 1800s to the early-mid 1900s.
Select readings of Emma Goldman:
http://marxists.org/reference/archive/go...-women.htm - Tragedy women
http://marxists.org/reference/archive/go...rchism.htm - Anarchism
http://marxists.org/reference/archive/go...iotism.htm - Patriotism, a Menace to Liberty
http://marxists.org/reference/archive/go...ffrage.htm - Woman Suffrage
http://marxists.org/reference/archive/go...e-love.htm - Marriage and Love
http://marxists.org/reference/archive/go...rities.htm - Minorities versus Majorities
http://marxists.org/reference/archive/go...risons.htm - Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure
http://marxists.org/reference/archive/go...vidual.htm - The Individual, Society, and the State

What do you guys think of her?
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Emma Goldman writings

She was pretty cool.

Of note, she had interesting views on Zionism.
Here is a link to a writing by Goldman regarding antisemitism and Zionism:
http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/e...on-zionism
"I have no quarrel with our good friend about his charges against the Zionists. In point of fact I have for many years opposed Zionism as the dream of capitalist Jewry the world over for a Jewish State with all its trimmings, such as Government, laws, police, militarism and the rest. In other words, a Jewish State machinery to protect the privileges of the few against the many. "

I recommend you to read the whole writing to get a better understanding of Goldman's views on it
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RE: Emma Goldman writings

I read Living My Life both volumes and felt like she could have benefited greatly from a good editor. Her essays could be interesting readings for my advanced students.

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