[Gutenberg 2162] • Anarchism and Other Essays

In the eighteen-nineties and for years thereafter, America reverberated with the name of the "notorious Anarchist," feminist, revolutionist and agitator, Emma Goldman. A Russian Jewish immigrant at the age of 17, she moved by her own efforts from seamstress in a clothing factory to internationally known radical lecturer, writer, editor and friend of the oppressed. This book is a collection of her remarkably penetrating essays, far in advance of their time, originally published by the *Mother Earth* press which she founded.

In the first of these essays, *Anarchism: What It Really Stands For* , she says, "Direct action, having proven effective along economic lines, is equally potent in the environment of the individual." In *Minorities Versus Majorities* she holds that social and economic well-being will result only through "the non-compromising determination of intelligent minorities, and not through the mass." Other pieces deal with *The Hypocrisy of Puritanism* ; *Prisons: A Social Crim and Failure* ; *The Psychology of Political Violence* —note the relevence of these themes to our own time; *The Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought* ; *Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty* ; and *The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation*. A biographical sketch by Hippolyte Havel precedes the essays.

*Anarchism and Other Essays* provides a fascinating look into revolutionary issues at the turn of the century, a prophetic view of the social and economic future, much of which we have seen take place, and above all, a glimpse into the mind of an extraordinary woman: brilliant, provocative, dedicated, passionate, and what used to be called "high-minded."

Unabridged republication of the 3rd (1917) edition, with a new Introduction by Richard Drinnon. Frontispiece. xv + 271 pp. 5-3/8 x 8-1/2. Paperbound.