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Emma Goldman

What Emma Goldman thinks about government

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Lithuanian-born American anarchist writer and activist (1869 to 1940); author of Anarchism and Other Essays.

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3 dated positions, c. 1910, in their own words. Our reading of what Emma Goldman has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingAll forms of government rest on violence and are wrong, harmful and unnecessary

    Their wordsANARCHISM:—The philosophy of a new social order based on liberty unrestricted by man-made law; the theory that all forms of government rest on violence, and are therefore wrong and harmful, as well as unnecessary.

    ↗Anarchism and Other Essays (1910)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book

  3. Our readingFreedom requires liberation from religion, property and government

    religion

    Their wordsAnarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government.

    ↗Anarchism and Other Essays (1910)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book

  5. Our readingPolitical assassinations are tiny next to the violence of capital and government

    Their wordsCompared with the wholesale violence of capital and government, political acts of violence are but a drop in the ocean.

    ↗Anarchism and Other Essays (1910)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book