Alexander Berkman (Author of The ABC of Anarchism)

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Alexander Berkman

Born

in Vilnius, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire

November 21, 1870

Died

July 28, 1936

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Politics, Nonfiction, Philosophy

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Alexander Berkman was an anarchist known for his political activism and writing. He was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century.

Berkman was born in Vilna in the Russian Empire (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania) and emigrated to the United States in 1888. He lived in New York City, where he became involved in the anarchist movement. He was the lover and lifelong friend of anarchist Emma Goldman. In 1892, Alexander Berkman tried to assassinate Henry Clay Frick for his role in violently suppressing the Homestead Steel Strike for which he served 14 years in prison. His experience in prison was the basis for his first book, Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist.

After his release from prison, Berkman served as editor of Goldma ...more

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	The ABC of Anarchism by Alexander Berkman, Paul Avrich (Introduction), Emma Goldman (Preface by) 3.92 avg rating — 1,573 ratings — published 1929 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist 3.97 avg rating — 596 ratings — published 1912 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bolshevik Myth 4.35 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1925 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of an Anarchist: The Alexander Berkman Reader by Alexander Berkman, Howard Zinn (Foreword), Gene Fellner (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1992 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kronstadt Rebellion 4.22 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1922 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Russian Tragedy 3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1922 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blast: The Complete Collection 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deportation, its meaning and menace; last message to the people of America by Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nowhere at home;: Letters from exile of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman by Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman, Richard Drinnon (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prison Blossoms: Anarchist Voices from the American Past by Alexander Berkman, Henry Bauer, Carl Nold 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Violence is the method of ignorance, the weapon of the weak. The strong of heart and brain need no violence, for they are irresistible in their consciousness of being right.”
― Alexander Berkman, The ABC of Anarchism

tags: ignorance, right, strong, violence, weak

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“Inhumanity is the keynote of stupidity in power.”
― Alexander Berkman, Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist

tags: cruelty, inhumanity, power, prisons, stupidity

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“If you can see, hear, feel, and think, you should know that King Dollar rules the United States, and that the workers are robbed and exploited in this country to the heart's content of the masters.

If you are not deaf, dumb, and blind, then you know that the American bourgeois democracy and capitalistic civilization are the worst enemies of labor and progress, and that instead of protecting them, you should help to fight to destroy them.”
― Alexander Berkman

tags: american-democracy, king-dollar

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