Emma Goldman’s "Anarchism Without Adjectives"

Emma Goldman was a well-known radical critic of capitalism, the state, religion, patriarchy, and colonialism during the fertile political years at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. For over a half-century, she articulated an anarchist vision of a strong, free, self-creating individual within an egalitarian, participatory society. While anarchists are often dismissed as the lunatic fringe of the Left, Goldman presented anarchism as the most practical approach to human liberation. She emphasized concrete and creative anarchist activities, including cooperatives, radical schools, labor actions, and publications, which showed anarchism in action.