Emma Goldman

My Disillusionment in Russia

Assessment of the Soviet Union's betrayal of anarchist and socialist ideals

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Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman

Russian-American anarchist and feminist whose lectures, essays, and magazine Mother Earth made her the most celebrated radical in early 20th-century America. Anarchism and Other Essays articulates her vision of a society without authority or hierarchy. She was deported to Russia in 1919.

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