PUSARCHISI nN RAeFAEL PvUBLIC iLIBRAR Y \OICES © AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANARCHISM IN AMERICA Paul Aveich “This collection ofanarchist stories told in their own inimitable words truly consti- tutes an important oral history of the move- ment in America. It is a triumph of pre- serving the irreplaceable.” —Richard Drinnon, Bucknell University Through his many books on the history of anarchism, Paul Avrich has done much to dispel the public’s conception of the anarchists as mere terrorists. In Anarchist Voices, Avrich lets American anarchists speak for themselves. This book contains 180 interviews conducted by Avrich overa period of 30 years, interviews that portray the human dimensions of a movement much maligned by the authorities and contemporary journalists. Most of the interviewees (anarchists as well as their friends and relatives) were active during the heyday of the movement, between the 1880s and the 1930s. They represent all schools of anarchism and include both famous figures and minor ones, previ- ously overlooked by most historians. Their stories provide a wealth of personal detail about such anarchist luminaries as Emma Goldman and Sacco and Vanzetti. The interviews are grouped in six sec- tions organized around individuals or major aspects of the movement. Each section begins with an explanatory essay, and each interview with a biographical note. Avrich also includes a selected bib- liography and a list of anarchist periodi- 6s. DATE DUE A¥-+-3-40¢ UN 86 208 JUN 0 J 9S r) | ra Jt 0 4 4995 : 20g (2 x J 995 | AUG 26 1995 ; | SEP 76 1995 | OCT 78 1995 ; Bae ' i whe DEC 0 5 1998 |A UG 14 4999 ‘ in 94} 1100 E Street San Rafael, GA g4901 > & = ed g*)e * ¢ hi 4 & Poedle a Ol e Se | Sev! le Bs x on Af « . v % Lier te ‘ weA oh ae oe pelea tery Gooa bae es aa a oe nach < 2 ry 7s 7i kd Soak Sn ne Ss eet ies —*. a ak, A Ag Sy aR aa x a 7 _ & Pa : ; > ‘¥, i eiey) o—n<e A Ss ~~ PUR ss. : as | 7 > 7 Wo ars & . 3 s uM 4 i = bs ? a Me * od ti _ fi a) 7 W7 ie - - , _— 4 oa wea oapA”=e: t e 3', ‘ ie noo s 3 y in —_ : : Fay ea . “49 7a = - : : ANARCHIST VOICES . An Oral History of Anarchism in America . PAUL AVRICH PRINCETON UWNIVERISITY PRESS = PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY Copyright © 1995 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Chichester, West Sussex All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Avrich, Paul. Anarchist voices: an oral history of anarchism in America / Paul Avrich. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-03412-5 (cloth: acid-free paper) 1. Anarchism—United States—History. 2. Anarchists—United States—Interviews. I. Title. HX843.A98 1994 320.5’7'0973—dce20 94-16620 CIP This book has been composed in Electra Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources Printed in the United States of America OG: Om 4 2s ae mn neS