Alexander Berkman

Joseph Kershner, Emma moved to New York City in 1889, and it was there that she met Alexander (Sasha) Berkman and Johann J. 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 laborers. Emma and Berkman were encouraged by the nationwide condemnation of the strikebreakers. They…

mill was Henry Frick.. “The Homestead strike came during a period of intense unrest. Thousands of men and women fought for the right to strike, to form unions, and to establish a forty-hour work week.” (Emma Goldman: an exceedingly dangerous woman). Emma Goldman and her partner, Alexander Berkman, saw this event as the “Awakening of the American worker, the…

representation of the actual criminal: anarchy. It was this social movement, and its dissident philosophy that was truly on trial. In the end, five of the men were found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. The judicial system had successfully criminalized anarchist rhetoric and made it a possible capital offense. The fear of the subversive and the spirit of intolerance that the media created and the police propagated continued to influence the judicial system into the late nineteenth…

meaning and the way names are spelled changes over time and across the world. Our names, meanings, nicknames, and why we were named what we were, are just a few ways that shape are uniqueness. Originating from the Greek name Alexandros, Alexander signified "shielding men" from the Greek word alexo, which means "to guard. Help" and the Greek word aner, which means "man". The name Alexander additionally has a place with a legend of Paris in Greek mythology and has a place with a few characters in…

It was agreed upon in the Constitution that “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” (Jefferson). By stating this it was absolute that those who were in a position of power are there because the people they over-see. Some of the men behind the support for the Constitution were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Although the Federalist strongly supported this change there were many disagreements from the Anti-Federalist…

Federalists, who were mostly high-class businesspersons, slave owners, and bankers; and anti-Federalists, who were mostly lower-class businesspersons and farmers. The Federalists believed in a strong national government and were in support of the constitution. The anti-Federalists believe that the new government would have too much power and would tread on people’s liberties. Anti-Federalists fear that in giving too much power to the central government; States’ rights would be over looked and…

The author of Founding Brothers, Joseph Ellis argues many points throughout the assigned reading. He argued that the new nation surviving its infancy stage was “bleak in the extreme.”(Ellis, 8) The adolescent nation faced many challenges both home and abroad during the revolutionary generation as they attempted to fashion an independent viable republic such as the dinner which Thomas Jefferson held to decide the issues of the early nation’s deficit and the location of its new capitol, the…

influential “founding fathers”, as they are known today, was a remarkable yet flawed individual. This group of men consisted of John Adams, the first Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr, Vice President under Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, who is widely regarded as one of the most influential of the group, Alexander Hamilton, the author of The Federalist papers, Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, James Madison, the father of the Constitution, and…

for new independent countries forming from there on out. Although rather bright and happy, the United States government has had its fair share of dark stories. One of the most known dark secret is the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. This duel was planned to resolve problems between the two, and possibly fix any political issues between their parties. Hamilton seemed to truly want to resolve any situations, but according to history, Burr had other ideas. The two men were supposed…

In American history, few ideological disagreements have been as important as the divide between Alexander Hamilton 's Federalist Party and Thomas Jefferson 's Democrat-Republicans. Both parties were led by brilliant men whose political arguments would lay the foundation for debates on the nature of government in America that are ever present in our national discourse. Hamilton thought America should drive ahead into the future as an industrial and mercantile powerhouse, whereas Thomas Jefferson…