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Emma Goldman

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Born 1869 in Kaunas · Died 1940 in Toronto

writer, author, journalist · Russian Empire, United States, United Kingdom

Notable works: Living My Life, Anarchism and Other Essays, The Social Significance of the Modern Drama, My Disillusionment in Russia, My Further Disillusionment in Russia

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Anarchism and Other Essays

From Project Gutenberg e-text #2162 (public domain in the USA).

How is the ordinary man to know that the most violent element in society is ignorance; that its power of destruction is the very thing Anarchism is combating?

ANARCHISM: WHAT IT REALLY STANDS FORRead in context →

After all, the greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism.

PATRIOTISM: A MENACE TO LIBERTYRead in context →

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