Anarchist Pedagogies: Collective Actions, Theories, and Critical Reflections on Education

Anarchist Pedagogies: Collective Actions, Theories, and Critical Reflections on Education
Robert H. Haworth (Editor), Allan Antliff (Afterword)

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Important and challenging issues in the area of anarchism and education are presented in this history of egalitarian and free-school practices. From Francisco Ferrer’s modern schools in Spain and the Work People’s College in the United States, to contemporary actions in developing Afree skools” in the United Kingdom and Canada, the contributors illustrate the importance of developing complex connections between educational theories and collective actions. Major themes in the volume include learning from historical anarchist experiments in education, ways that contemporary anarchists create dynamic and situated learning spaces, and critical reflections on theoretical frameworks and educational practices. Many trailblazing thinkers and practitioners contributed to this volume, such as Jeffery Shantz, John Jordon, Abraham de Leon, Richard Kahn, Matthew Weinstein, and Alex Khasnabish. This thoughtful and provocative collection proves that egalitarian education is possible at all ages and levels.

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• Published on: 2012-08-01
• Original language: English
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• 352 pages

The Ego And His Own: The Case Of The Individual Against Authority (Radical Thinkers)

The Ego And His Own: The Case Of The Individual Against Authority (Radical Thinkers)
Max Stirner (Author)

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The Ego and His Own, the seminal defence of individualism, coloured the thinking of Friedrich Nietzsche, Max Ernst, Henrik Ibsen and Victor Serge, among many others, some of whom would vigorously deny any such influence in later years. Less reticent was Marcel Duchamp, who described Max Stirner as the philosopher most important to his work.

Challenging the religious, philosophical and political constraints on personal freedom, Stirner criticizes all doctrines and beliefs that place the interests of God, the state, humanity or society over those of the individual. Anticipating the later work of nihilists, existentialists, and anarchists, The Ego and His Own upholds personal autonomy against all that might oppose it.

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• Published on: 2014-01-14
• Released on: 2014-01-14
• Original language: English
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• 370 pages

Talking Anarchy

Talking Anarchy
Colin Ward (Author), David Goodway (Author)

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The ups and downs of the anarchist movement during the last century is discussed in this introduction to anarchist thought. Of all political views anarchism is the most ill-represented. For more than 30 years, in more than 30 books, Colin Ward has been patiently explaining anarchist solutions to everything from vandalism to climate change—as well as celebrating unofficial uses of the landscape as commons, from holiday camps to squatter communities. In this discussion with David Goodway, the many famous characters who were anarchists, or associated with the movement, are explored, including Herbert Read, Alex Comfort, Marie Louise Berneri, Paul Goodman, Noam Chomsky, and George Orwell.

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• Published on: 2014-01-01
• Original language: English
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• 176 pages

Haymarket Scrapbook: 125th Anniversary Edition

Haymarket Scrapbook: 125th Anniversary Edition
Franklin Rosemont (Editor), David Roediger (Editor), Peter Linebaugh (Preface)

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Marking the 125th anniversary of the 1886 bombing at Chicago's Haymarket Square, in a revised and expanded edition co-published with the Charles H. Kerr Company, this profusely illustrated anthology reproduces hundreds of original documents, speeches, posters, and handbills, as well as contributions by many of today's finest labor and radical historians focusing on Haymarket's enduring influence around the world—including the eight-hour workday.

Franklin Rosemont (1943?–2009) was a labor historian and surrealist agitator. His most recent book Surrealism: Black, Brown, and Beige won the 2010 American Book Award.

David Roediger is the author of How Race Survived US History and Wages of Whiteness.

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• Published on: 2012-03-27
• Original language: English
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• 272 pages

Marxism, Freedom and the State. (An anarchist's critique of Marx)

Marxism, Freedom and the State. (An anarchist's critique of Marx)
Mikhail Bakunin (Author), Peter Jancik (Editor, Foreword)
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From the publisher (the Anarcho-Communist Institute):
Bakunin's seminal work on the differences between Marxism and Anarcho-Collectivism. Collected as an e-book for the first time.
While this work was put together in the years of 1867-1872 (and published posthumously) , the thoughts in it still resonate today.
Perhaps even more so - now when the words like Marxist, Socialists, Liberty, Anarchism, Communist, Libertarian communism etc are being used in media on daily basis.
This is the main work on the differences between Marxism (or Communism) and Anarchism (or Collectivism). But the author also touches on European politics of his day and the American politics of the second half of 19th century, too.
And here it is available as an e-book for the first time! Edited for minor grammatical errors/typos that came with the original English translation.

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• Published on: 2013-11-10
• Released on: 2013-11-10
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Limits of Liberty, The (Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, The)

Limits of Liberty, The (Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, The)
James M. Buchanan (Author)
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Published originally in 1975, The Limits of Liberty made James Buchanan’s name more widely known than ever before among political philosophers and theorists and established Buchanan, along with John Rawls and Robert Nozick, as one of the three new contractarians, standing on the shoulders of Hobbes, Locke, and Kant.

While The Limits of Liberty is strongly related to Buchanan’s Calculus of Consent (Vol. 3 in Liberty Fund’s Collected Works of James M. Buchanan), it is logically prior to the Calculus, according to Hartmut Kliemt in the foreword, even though it was published later. As Kliemt states, A[The Limits of Liberty] characterizes the status quo from the point where Paretian politics starts and at the same time describes conceivable processes of interindividual agreement that might lead from a natural equilibrium to a political one.”

Buchanan frames the central idea most cogently in the opening of his preface: APrecepts for living together are not going to be handed down from on high. Men must use their own intelligence in imposing order on chaos, intelligence not in scientific problem-solving but in the more difficult sense of finding and maintaining agreement among themselves. Anarchy is ideal for ideal men; passionate men must be reasonable. Like so many men have done before me, I examine the bases for a society of men and women who want to be free but who recognize the inherent limits that social interdependence places on them.”

James M. Buchanan is an eminent economist who won the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986 and one of the greatest scholars of liberty in the twentieth century.

The entire series will include:

Volume 1: The Logical Foundations of Constitutional Liberty
Volume 2: Public Principles of Public Debt
Volume 3: The Calculus of Consent
Volume 4: Public Finance in Democratic Process
Volume 5: The Demand and Supply of Public Goods
Volume 6: Cost and Choice
Volume 7: The Limits of Liberty
Volume 8: Democracy in Deficit
Volume 9: The Power to Tax
Volume 10: The Reason of Rules
Volume 11: Politics by Principle, Not Interest
Volume 12: Economic Inquiry and Its Logic
Volume 13: Politics as Public Choice
Volume 14: Debt and Taxes
Volume 15: Externalities and Public Expenditure Theory
Volume 16: Choice, Contract, and Constitutions
Volume 17: Moral Science and Moral Order
Volume 18: Federalism, Liberty, and the Law
Volume 19: Ideas, Persons, and Events
Volume 20: Indexes

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• Brand: Brand: Liberty Fund
• Published on: 2000-07-01
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Hardcover
• 261 pages

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Rereading Read

Rereading Read
Michael Paraskos (Editor)

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From poverty and a Yorkshire orphanage, Herbert Read went on to become the most significant cultural critic to come out of England in the twentieth century. He was a major art theorist and writer on literature, a key figure in anarchist politics, a leading figure in many Eureopan art movements, and one of the first English writers to embrace the Existentialist theories of Sartre. And yet, after his death in 1968, he became an almost forgotten figure in art and cultural studies. In this book, sixteen of the world's leading writers on modernist cultural history look at Read's work again, placing him in the context of twentieth century cultural life. Well illustrated with images by many of the artists Read championed.

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• Published on: 2008-06-11
• Original language: English
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• 238 pages

The Conquest of Bread: Dialectics Annotated Edition

The Conquest of Bread: Dialectics Annotated Edition
Peter Kropotkin (Author)

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In The Conquest of Bread, Peter Kropotkin describes how the revolution can achieve a free, egalitarian, and self-sufficient anarcho-communist society. In issuing his argument for this society, Kropotkin critiques the various economic systems, from pure capitalism to state-run socialism to collectivism. Additionally, he provides the reader with a history of the revolution, analyzing the failures and successes of past revolutions, including the French revolutions of 1789, 1848, and 1871. Throughout, Kropotkin emphasizes humanity's ability to cooperate and advance through mutual aid and science – abilities critical to the success of the revolution and post-revolution society. The Conquest of Bread is an important and enduring work of political theory and anarchist thought. This Dialectics edition includes nearly 100 new historical and biographical footnotes and notes on the English translation from the original French text. Also included are nine historic lithographs, etchings, and woodblock prints depicting the periods discussed in the book. These notes and illustrations help to make The Conquest of Bread as relevant today as when it was first published.

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• Published on: 2012-11-30
• Original language: English
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• 220 pages

The Gospel According to Malfew Seklew

The Gospel According to Malfew Seklew
Malfew Seklew (Author), Sirfessor Wilkesbarre (Author), Trevor Blake (Introduction)

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"Like Thomas Paine, Malfew Seklew rips the mask of sham and pretense from the hypocrites and fakers and will be appreciated about 100 years after he is dead." Malfew Seklew is to the pen what his friend and flat-mate of Ragnar Redbeard (author of 'Might is Right') was to the sword. He lived by his wits, took the path of lease resistance (no sic!), and wrote some of the most engaging egoist essays ever. The millennium of Malfew is upon us! Out of print for nearly a century, with rare collected works and a new introduction by Trevor Blake.

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• Published on: 2013-10-25
• Released on: 2013-10-25
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Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel (Italian and Italian American Studies (Palgrave Hardcover))

Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel (Italian and Italian American Studies (Palgrave Hardcover))
Nunzio Pernicone (Author)
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This biography reveals the life of one of the American left's most controversial and charismatic figures in the early twentieth century: anarchist, activist, and revolutionary Carlo Tresca. Emigrating to America at age twenty-five from Italy, Tresca became a leader in the fight for workers' rights, alongside activists like Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Emma Goldman. Tresca played many roles for his cause: newspaper editor, labor agitator and organizer, civil libertarian, anti-fascist, and an indomitable foe of Stalinism. He continued to fight for the rights of the oppressed until gunned down by Mafioso Carmine Galante, a crime which would never be prosecuted. This engaging book not only relates Tresca's adventure-filled story, but brings to life the volatile world of radical politics in early twentieth century America.

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• Published on: 2005-10-us.html
• Released on: 2005-09-29
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• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

Change the World Without Taking Power: The Meaning of Revolution Today (Get Political)

Change the World Without Taking Power: The Meaning of Revolution Today (Get Political)
John Holloway (Author)

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Anarchism

This new edition of John Holloway's contemporary classic, Change the World Without Taking Power, includes an extensive new preface by the author.

The wave of political demonstrations since the Battle of Seattle in 2001 have crystallised a new trend in left-wing politics. Modern protest movements are grounding their actions in both Marxism and Anarchism, fighting for radical social change in terms that have nothing to do with the taking of state power. This is in clear opposition to the traditional Marxist theory of revolution which centres on the overthrow of government. In this book, John Holloway asks how we can reformulate our understanding of revolution as the struggle against power, not for power.

After a century of failed attempts by revolutionary and reformist movements to bring about radical social change, the concept of revolution itself is in crisis. John Holloway opens up the theoretical debate, reposing some of the basic concepts of Marxism in a critical development of the subversive Marxist tradition represented by Adorno, Bloch and Lukacs, amongst others, and grounded in a rethinking of Marx's concept of 'fetishisation'-- how doing is transformed into being.

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• Published on: 2013-11-11
• Released on: 2013-11-11
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(The World's First) Anarchist Manifesto

(The World's First) Anarchist Manifesto
Anselme Bellegarrigue (Author)

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The first Anarchist manifesto, written in 1850, declares "Anarchy is order, whereas government is civil war" and argues with language as sharp even now as any against the delusion that voting does any good for anyone but politicians and puts the case that the established power structure is a gigantic crime against humanity. "Every individual who, in the current state of affairs, drops a paper into the ballot box to choose a legislative authority or a executive authority is perhaps not wittingly but at least out of ignorance, maybe not directly, but at least indirectly a bad citizen. I repeat what I have been saying and take back not a single syllable of it." An introduction by Sharif Gemie places Bellegarrigue in his social and political context of the struggles for emancipation following on from the French revolution.

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• Published on: 2002-03
• Original language: French
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• 36 pages

Red Emma Speaks

Red Emma Speaks
Emma Goldman (Author)
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Unlike any other collection of Goldman’s work, Red Emma Speaks presents in a single, handy volume the full sweep of her opinions and personality. In addition to nine essays from Goldman’s own 1910 collection, Anarchism and Other Essays; three dramatic sections from her 1931 autobiography, Living My Life; and the afterword to her My Disillusionment in Russia (which the collapse of the Soviet Union later revealed as prescient); this book contains sixteen more pieces covering a great range of subjects, assembled here for the first time to offer a rich composite or Goldman’s life and thought. Red Emma speaks on: anarchism, sex, prostitution, marriage, jealousy, prisons, religion, schools, violence, war, communism, and much more.

This new third edition, containing a new foreword by Alix Kates Shulman and more accessible source listings, has been revised to situate the works more precisely in light of burgeoning Goldman scholarship.

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• Published on: 1996-05-01
• Released on: 1996-05-01
• Original language: English
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• 476 pages

Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo

Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo
by Jeffrey A. Tucker (Author), Steven Ng (Narrator)
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Anarchy Alive!: Anti-Authoritarian Politics From Practice to Theory

Anarchy Alive!: Anti-Authoritarian Politics From Practice to Theory
Uri Gordon (Author)
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Anarchism

Anarchist politics are at the heart of today’s most vibrant and radical social movements. From squatted social centres and community gardens to acts of sabotage and raucous summit blockades, anarchist groups and networks are spreading an ethos of direct action, non-hierarchical organizing and self-liberation that has redefined revolutionary struggle for the 21st century.

Anarchy Alive! is a fascinating, in-depth look at the practice and theory of contemporary anarchism. Uri Gordon draws on his activist experience and on interviews, discussions and a vast selection of recent literature to explore the activities, cultures and agendas shaping today’s explosive anti-authoritarian revival. Anarchy Alive! also addresses some of the most tense debates in the contemporary movement, using a theory based on practice to provocatively reshape anarchist discussions of leadership, violence, technology and nationalism.

This is the ideal book for anyone looking for a fresh, informed and critical engagement with anarchism, as a mature and dynamic political force in the age of globalisation.

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• Published on: 2013-11-11
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Attack the System: A New Anarchist Perspective for the 21st Century

Attack the System: A New Anarchist Perspective for the 21st Century
Keith Preston (Author)

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Modern anarchist movements have existed for over 150 years. The blag flag of anarchy remains a symbol of political rebellion, particularly for restless or disenchanted young people. However, Keith Preston argues in this volume that anarchism has reached a crossroads as a political philosophy. He criticizes many contemporary anarchists as anachronistic, shallow, or even status quo in their thinking. It is Preston's contention that anarchist movements will have to grow intellectually and forge new strategic paths for themselves if they are to become politically relevant in the twenty-first century. Preston offers a substantive critique of not only his fellow anarchists, but of the condition of Western civilization itself. He recognizes the process of unprecedented centralization of political and economic power that is now taking place on a global scale. Preston's response is an unhesitating call for revolutionary action against this emerging global order. He likewise offers a critique of the inadequacies of the both the Left and Right and suggests this archaic model of the political spectrum should be discarded. It is Keith Preston's contention that anarchism should reclaim the position it held over a century ago, that of the premiere revolutionary movement throughout the world. Preston introduces his visionary tactic of "pan-secessionism" as a means of developing mutual cooperation between resistance movements with widely varying cultural and ideological values. Drawing upon an eclectic array of philosophical and historical currents, Preston offers a revolutionary political vision of decentralized pluralism manifested as a world of self-managed communities.

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• Published on: 2013-10-18
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Dieu et l'Etat: Dialectics edition d`etudiant (French Edition)

Dieu et l'Etat: Dialectics edition d`etudiant (French Edition)
Michel Bakounine (Author)

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Anarchism

Dans Dieu et l’Etat, Michel Bakounine présente une argumentation claire et convaincante contre la religion et l’autorité divine. Bakounine examine comment la croyance en la divine soutient l’autorité temporelle des gouvernements, et condamne les deux. Enfin, Bakounine aborde la théorie qui donnerait le pouvoir du gouvernement à la science. Il suggère que la science serait corrompu et utilisé comme un outil de pouvoir comme le pouvoir divin qu’il a remplacé. Dieu et l’Etat est un travail important et durable de la pensée anarchiste.

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• Published on: 2013-10-27
• Original language: French
• Binding: Paperback
• 92 pages

Le principe de l'Etat (Anarchisme) (French Edition)

Le principe de l'Etat (Anarchisme) (French Edition)
Michel Bakounine (Author)

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« Au fond, la conquête n’est pas seulement l’origine, elle est aussi le but suprême de tous les États, grands ou petits, puissants ou faibles, despotiques ou libéraux, monarchiques, aristocratiques, démocratiques, et voire même socialistes, en supposant que l’idéal des socialistes allemands, celui d’un grand État communiste, se réalise jamais.»

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• Published on: 2013-10-21
• Released on: 2013-10-21
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Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Colin Ward (Author)
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Anarchism

The word 'anarchism' tends to conjure up images of aggressive protest against government, and - recently - of angry demonstrations against bodies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. But is anarchism inevitably linked with violent disorder? Do anarchists adhere to a coherent ideology? What exactly is anarchism?

In this Very Short Introduction, Colin Ward considers anarchism from a variety of perspectives: theoretical, historical, and international, and by exploring key anarchist thinkers from Kropotkin to Chomsky. He looks critically at anarchism by evaluating key ideas within it, such as its blanket opposition to incarceration, and policy of 'no compromise' with the apparatus of political decision-making. Among the questions he ponders are: can anarchy ever function effectively as a political force?
Is it more 'organized' and 'reasonable' than is currently perceived? Whatever the politics of the reader, Ward's argument ensures that anarchism will be much better understood after reading this book.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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• Published on: 2004-10-21
• Released on: 2004-10-21
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Living My Life

Living My Life
Emma Goldman (Author)
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Emma Goldman (1869–1940) played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century and her influence remains strong to this day.

Goldman became a writer and a renowned lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, attracting crowds of thousands. She died in Toronto on May 14, 1940, aged 70.

During her life, Goldman was lionized as a free-thinking "rebel woman" by admirers and derided by critics as an advocate of violent revolution. Her writing and lectures spanned a wide variety of issues, including prisons, atheism, freedom of speech, militarism, capitalism, marriage, free love, and homosexuality; she even developed new ways of incorporating gender politics into feminism and anarchism. After decades of obscurity, Goldman's iconic status was revived in the 1970s when popular culture rekindled interest in her life.

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• Published on: 2011-04-26
• Original language: English
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• 284 pages