Emma Goldman: Reflections on her 150th Birthday
Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) is easily one of the most influential anarchists of all time. This week marks her 150th birthday. In the spirit of acknowledging those who have come before us, we asked some of our favorite anarchist writers to share their thoughts on the influence Goldman has had […]
Forbes, “10 Inspiring Quotes From Women In The Labor Movement”
“The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps.” – Lucy Parsons, radical anarchist, labor activist, and socialist. Continue Reading
PBS Chicago, “Historical Happy Hour: A Toast to Emma Goldman”
Emma Goldman was an anarchist, feminist and freethinker at a time when just talking about birth control was enough to get you imprisoned (and she did get imprisoned, several times, and not just for talking about contraception). Her credo: “I demand the independence of woman, her right to support herself; to live for herself; to […]
The Daily Dot, “‘The Heart’ podcast decodes sex with more intimacy than you’re ready for”
The local McGill University station in Montreal began airing the show on the first Wednesday of each month. It started as a four-woman anarchist collective. Many iterations, nine years, and one podcast network named Radiotopia later, the show averages more than 2 million listens a year. Continue Reading
Vice, “Memories from the Lesbian London of the 1980s”
Filmmaker and artist Siobhan Fahey was a lesbian living in London at this time and is currently in the process of making a film about the period: Rebel Dykes, a documentary looking at the lives of her friends—a gang of lesbian separatist punk anarchists based mostly around Brixton. The film captures the culture war that pitted […]
Bustle, “Why Is America So Obsessed With Abortion?”
Other countries also saw it differently: Russia thought the rise of abortions in the 1890s was a product of capitalist excess, and the fight for birth control in France in the early 20th century was led by anarchists. Context, when it comes to abortion, has always mattered a lot. Continue Reading
The Portland Mercury, “Once Upon a Time in Queer Oregon”
Never one to shy away from radical causes, Equi battled Portland cops in the streets, protested World War I, started identifying as an Anarchist Revolutionary, and was consequently imprisoned in San Quentin for a year on charges of sedition. That didn’t keep her from experiencing the pleasures of life and romance, including a bit of […]
Broadly, “Inside the Radical Squat Pushing for Gender Equality in the Anarchist Movement”
At La Revo, anarchists discuss everything from neoliberalism to queer theory. Popular weekly activities include a permaculture workshop and a self-defense class. The okupa also organizes documentary screenings, poetry readings, and release parties for magazines—like AK-69—sympathetic to their cause. Continue Reading