Selected Writings of Alexander Berkman: Classic Essays from One of America's Most Influential Anarchist Theorists by Berkman, Alexander (9781610010719)

Selected Writings of Alexander Berkman: Classic Essays from One of America's Most Influential Anarchist Theorists

by Berkman, Alexander , Flank, Lenny

Paperback - English

A collection of writings from American anarchist Alexander Berkman, on the Russian Revolution, the American labor movement, the Paris Commune, Kronstadt, and Anarchism. Includes "The Need of Translating Ideals into Life", "The Kronstadt Rebellion", "The Paris Commune and Kronstadt, "The Idea is the Thing", and others. New Introduction gives a biography and overview.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

161001071X

EAN

9781610010719

Publisher

RED & BLACK PUBL

Publication Date

18 Oct 2014

Pages

194

Weight (kg)

0.27

Dimensions (cm)

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0

About Author

Alexander Berkman was a leading writer and participant in the 20th century Anarchist movement. The young, idealistic Berkman practiced "propaganda by deed" attempting to assassinate Henry Clay Frick during the Homestead Steel Strike of 1892. While imprisoned, he wrote the classic tale of prison life Prison Memoirs of and Anarchist. After his release, Berkman edited Emma Goldman's Mother Earth and his own paper The Blast!. Deported from New York City to his native Russia in 1919, were he saw first hand the failure of the Bolshevik revolution and dedicated himself to writing the classic primer o