Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist

History

Alexander, Berkman

Americas

Frontier Press

Classic exposition of the ideas of anarchist communism.

ABC Of Anarchism

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Freedom Press

What went wrong in Russia? How did the successful attempt to overthrow the old dictatorship of the Tsarist system only lead to the new dictatorship of the Communists? Alexander Berkman's work The Russian Tragedy is key to understanding these questions, since Berkman supported the revolution that overthrew the Tsar. He arrived in Russia at the beginning of 1920, having been deported from the United States because of his opposition to the First World War. Less than two years later he left Russian, convinced that the Communists had destroyed the social revolution he had spent his life fighting for.

Russian Tragedy

Russia

Black Rose Books,Canada

Life of an Anarchist: The Alexander Berkman Reader

Business & Money

Economics

Four Walls, Eight Windows

Have you ever wondered why reforms tend to perpetuate the same old status quo? Why your union seems to be yet another boss and only offers you band-aid solutions when faced with a rotten system? Why socialist parties oppose socialism? Or why the "Communists" of eastern Europe and China never brought the freedom they promised millions? Alexander Berkman discusses these questions and others in Reformers, Socialists, and Communists: An Anarchist Critique. Berkman points out the flaws of so-called reformists, the danger of relying on "progressive" politicians, the weakening of the labor movement, the corruption of socialist groups by a biased political system, and the moral decay and slide toward totalitarianism of the Bolshevik movement in Russia and all this in 1929! Backing up his statements with sound reasoning, Berkman offers the reader a rational, sober, but uncompromising view of the politics and economics of our daily struggles, both at the ballot box and the lunch box. This small books is comprised of chapters 10-18 of Berkman's What is Anarchism?.

Reformers, Socialists and Communists: An Anarchist Critique

Thoughtcrime Ink.

The Commune: Paris, 1871, is a new collection of critical reflections on the Paris Commune by classic anarchist and libertarian-socialist authors like Louise Michel, William Morris, Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin,Voltairine de Cleyre, Alexander Berkman and Maurice Brinton. These writings seek the illuminate the place of the Commune within the global history of working people's resistance to exploitation and domination, and investigate its implications for the future of revolutionary struggle. Compiled and edited with a foreword by Andrew Zonneveld.

The Commune: Paris, 1871

Voltairine De Cleyre

Peter Kropotkin

Louise Michel

MIKHAIL BAKUNIN

Maurice Brinton

William, Morris

Europe

On Our Own Authority! Publishing

Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, the Russian Jewish immigrants who were once called "the two most notorious anarchists in the United States" by the New York Times, were the most outstanding revolutionary activists of their generation. Arrested in 1917 for their anti-conscription campaign during the First World War, they were subsequently deported to Russia in the 1919 1920 Red Scare. Although they were initially optimistic about returning to Russia in the midst of social revolution, over the next two years Goldman and Berkman would come face-to-face with the contradictions of "the dictatorship of the proletariat" as they witnessed the persecution of Russian anarchists, the suppression of revolutionary labor movements, and the brutal annihilation of the 1921 Kronstadt Uprising. The two anarchists quickly learned that the Bolshevik Party's dictatorship was not the embodiment of the workers' revolution, but was in fact "the very antithesis of revolution." Through their first-hand accounts of the situation in Russia, Goldman and Berkman reminded revolutionaries everywhere that "the state whatever its name or form is ever the mortal enemy of liberty and popular self-determination" and that true social revolution can never be managed or manipulated by political parties seeking state power, but must emerge from the creative self-activity of working people themselves. This new volume collects selected writings by Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman that recount their experiences in Russia from 1920 to 1922. Famous essays like "Bolsheviks Shooting Anarchists," "The Prisons of Russia," and "There Is No Communism in Russia" are collected here alongside immortal pamphlets like The Crushing of the Russian Revolution, The Russian Tragedy, and The Kronstadt Rebellion. Selections from Emma Goldman's memoir, My Disillusionment in Russia, are also included, as well as many other documents and manuscripts.

To Remain Silent is Impossible: Emma Goldman & Alexander Berkman in Russia

Emma, Goldman

Military

Die Kronstadt Rebellion: Mit einer geographischen Karte von Kronstadt und der Abbildung einer Seite (German Edition)

BiblioLife

And my reasons are not due to any desire on my part that people should join any group of social philosophers or revolutionists. I desire that the book be widely read because the general and careful reading of it would definitely add to true civilization. It is a contribution to the writings which promote civilization; for the following reasons: It is a human document. It is a difficult thing to be sincere. More than that, it is a valuable thing. To be so, means unusual qualities of the heart and of the head; unusual qualities of character. The books that possess this quality are unusual books. There are not many deliberately autobiographical writings that are markedly sincere; there are not many direct human documents. This is one of these few books. Not only has this book the interest of the human document, but it is also a striking proof of the power of the human soul. Alexander Berkman spent fourteen years in prison; under perhaps more than commonly harsh and severe conditions. Prison life tends to destroy the body, weaken the mind and pervert the character. Berkman consciously struggled with these adverse, destructive conditions. He took care of his body. He took care of his mind. He did so strenuously. It was a moral effort. He felt insane ideas trying to take possession of him. Insanity is a natural result of prison life. It always tends to come. This man felt it, consciously struggled against it, and overcame it.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst dig

Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist (Classic Reprint)

Children's Books

Forgotten Books

ABC des Anarchismus.

Guhl Klaus

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