Emma Goldman Mother Earth and the Anarchist Awakening

<p><b>This book unveils the history and impact of an unprecedented anarchist awakening in early twentieth-century America. </b><i><b>Mother Earth</b></i><b> an anarchist monthly published by Emma Goldman played a key role in sparking and spreading the movement around the world.</b></p><p>One of the most important figures in revolutionary politics in the early twentieth century Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was essential to the rise of political anarchism in the United States and Europe. But as Rachel Hui-Chi Hsu makes clear in this book the work of Goldman and her colleagues at the flagship magazine <i>Mother Earth</i> (1906-1917) resonated globally even into the present day. As a Russian Jewish immigrant to the United States in the late nineteenth century Goldman developed a keen voice and ideology based on labor strife and turbulent politics of the era. She ultimately was deported to Russia due to agitating against World War I. Hsu takes a comprehensive look at Goldman's impact and legacy tracing her work against capitalism advocacy for feminism and support of homosexuality and atheism.</p><p>Hsu argues that<i> Mother Earth</i> stirred an unprecedented anarchist awakening inspiring an antiauthoritarian spirit across social ethnic and cultural divides and transforming U.S. radicalism. The magazine's broad readership--immigrant workers native-born cultural elite and professionals in various lines of work--was forced to reflect on society and their lives. <i>Mother Earth</i> spread the gospel of anarchism while opening it to diversified interpretations and practices. This anarchist awakening was more effective on personal and intellectual levels than on the collective socioeconomic level.</p><p>Hsu explores the fascinating history of <i>Mother Earth</i> headquartered in New York City and captures a clearer picture of the magazine's influence by examining the dynamic teamwork that occurred beyond Goldman. The active support of foreign revolutionaries fostered a borderless radical network that resisted all state and corporate powers. <i>Emma Goldman Mother Earth and the Anarchist Awakening</i> will attract readers interested in early twentieth-century history transnational radicalism and cosmopolitan print culture as well as those interested in anarchism anti-militarism labor activism feminism and Emma Goldman.</p>