Emma Goldman - Writings

Collection of Goldman's essays, including a biographical essay by Hippolyte

Emma Goldman writes about anarchism, contrasting it to misperceptions as an impractical utopia or a philosophy of violence, and instead rooting it in freedom.

Emma Goldman shows how a playwright can depict the social problems and ideals of the day.

Emma Goldman writes about Francisco Ferrer, a Spanish Republican, who was a religious doubter and social liberal, and who was executed for his activism. He was a teacher at the Modern School of France, and Emma Goldman uses this essay to describe that educational experiment, as well.

A 1913 essay by Emma Goldman, criticizing the traditional church and its beliefs.

The "reign of terror" of English Puritanism, and more recent puritanism that targeted Oscar Wilde, and Boston's persecution including of Mary Dyer, are the background for critizing American Puritanism of Emma Goldman's day, including denigrating the healthy sexuality of women.

From Living My Life. Goldman describes her deportation after the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare in the United States, 1919.

Volumes 1 and 2 of Emma Goldman's autobiography.

Emma Goldman essay on the tyranny of majorities and the importance of freedom for minorities.

Emma Goldman's 1923 analysis of Russia, from her perspective of living in Russia after deportation to there in 1919. Initially excited about the possibilities for freedom in Russia's Revolution, she was disenchanted by Lenin's authoritarianism.

Emma Goldman's 1924 analysis of Russia, from her perspective of living in Russia after deportation to there in 1919. Initially excited about the possibilities for freedom in Russia's Revolution, she was disenchanted by Lenin's authoritarianism. The book continues thoughts published in 1923.

Emma Goldman denounces patriotism as divisive of global freedom and human dignity.

Emma Goldman, who herself was imprisoned, denounces the prison system.

Emma Goldman analyzes the social context and content of plays by Ibsen, Strindberg, Sudermann, Hauptmann, Wedekind, George Bernard Shaw, Galsworthy, Yeats, Tolstoy, Gorki, Chekov, and others

Emma Goldman analyzes the roots, causes and effects of white slavery or prostition in America.

from The Social Significance of the Modern Drama, an analysis of a play by Henrik Ibsen.

Emma Goldman critiques the women's rights movement, which she does not see as enhancing women's true emancipation.

A collection of well-known and lesser-known pithy quotes from Emma Goldman.