emma goldman

What’s New and What Isn’t New About the Fascist Attacks on Ilhan Omar

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 19, 2019

There's no question about Trump's extremely disturbing and openly fascist attacks on Ilhan Omar. But they also need a little context. There are some parts of this story that are genuinely new: primarily that a president has never before held fascist rallies where he whipped...

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 86

By Erik Loomis

On June 4, 2017

This is the grave of Emma Goldman. Born in 1869 in what is today Lithuania, Goldman was rebellious from a small child, both in terms of her family and standing.

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This Day In Labor History: December 21, 1919

By Erik Loomis

On December 21, 2016

On December 21, 1919, the anarchist Emma Goldman was deported from the United States to the Soviet Union as part of the larger crackdown against radicals under the Alien Act.

Ice Cream: The Dessert of Revolution

By Erik Loomis

In General

On April 1, 2015

Somehow I came to this point in my life without knowing that Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman once owned an ice cream shop in Worcester, Massachusetts before failing miserably to assassinate Henry Clay Frick in the wake of the Homestead strike. I've said it before...