Most. Most, editor of the anarchist Die Freiheit, enlisted Goldman to go on a speaking tour, where he wrote speeches for her. She soon found she could use her words to enlighten her audiences and move them to action. Her words were her weapon. Johann Most believed the demand for an eight hour workday was a distraction from the real struggle, the complete overthrow of capitalism. While speaking in Buffalo, an old man confronted Emma; he brought up that he was too old to see the destruction of capitalism; was he supposed to completely give up the idea of working less hours? This made her realize the revolution was the little things as much as, if not more than, the big things. With this, she ditched Most and studied the writings of Peter Kropotkin. In 1892, steel workers for Andrew Carnegie in Homestead, Pennsylvania went on strike. The interim executive (Carnegie was in Europe), Henry Clay Frick, had fired the workers, evicted them from their homes, and said the only way to get both back was to apply individually. He would no longer deal with labor unions. When strikebreakers were brought in, an altercation ensued between them and the unionists; sixteen men were killed. Across the nation, civilians ands newspapers alike sympathized with the
Most. Most, editor of the anarchist Die Freiheit, enlisted Goldman to go on a speaking tour, where he wrote speeches for her. She soon found she could use her words to enlighten her audiences and move them to action. Her words were her weapon. Johann Most believed the demand for an eight hour workday was a distraction from the real struggle, the complete overthrow of capitalism. While speaking in Buffalo, an old man confronted Emma; he brought up that he was too old to see the destruction of capitalism; was he supposed to completely give up the idea of working less hours? This made her realize the revolution was the little things as much as, if not more than, the big things. With this, she ditched Most and studied the writings of Peter Kropotkin. In 1892, steel workers for Andrew Carnegie in Homestead, Pennsylvania went on strike. The interim executive (Carnegie was in Europe), Henry Clay Frick, had fired the workers, evicted them from their homes, and said the only way to get both back was to apply individually. He would no longer deal with labor unions. When strikebreakers were brought in, an altercation ensued between them and the unionists; sixteen men were killed. Across the nation, civilians ands newspapers alike sympathized with the