Emma goldmans time in russia & life as an anarchist

Introduction

Emma Golden was the daughter of the Jewish parents and was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, Russia on 27th June 1869. She grew up in Lithuania (her native land). Her education was only till college level because of the financial crisis in her family. In 1885, she migrated to United States to her sister to work and get settled. Her first Job was in a clothing factory as a seamstress. While working, she started socializing with several socialists and anarchist groups. Her political consciousness took shape by reading the articles of Cheychevsky and by observing the miserable working conditions (Wexler, Pp: 1-21).

She was one of the most modern radical of her times; she always supported the ideas like that inner liberation is the first business of social revolution. Her politics from beginning to end relied on resistance to that which thwarted the free development of the inner self. She always supported the rights to stay alive with full liberty and enjoy freedom of though and speech. She always argued against the arbitrary use of powers and was brave women who never used to scare of any punishment and would always support the right thing. She went through many things since her child hood such as the financial crisis because of the failure of their business and unfair treatment at the school. She faced a traumatic youth with a little love provided by her family, apart from this she also became the victim of a failed marriage which did not work out for long and social injustices such as since her young age she saw the Russian government taking bribes and working for their own benefit. Emma was an unlucky girl to be born in a Jewish family because Russians literally shunned the Jews at that time by passing many segregation laws, breaking Jewish communities, torturing and robbing any Jew that used to found around them. She was one of the active members of the anarchist movement and played a prominent role in it. Moreover, she wrote many books inclusive of her Auto Biography. She faced many hardships but never lost hope ever in her life. Her last wish was to be buried near the grave of the anarchists, who were killed for the Haymarket square bombing; whom she was inspired of in the beginning. This entire paper discusses her life in Russia and Emma Golden as an anarchist, and what she did and faced throughout her life.Discussion

During her stay in United States, she was impressed by Alexander Berkman, who was already an anarchist and was working for noble causes (Berkman, Pp: 7-17). The turning point in the life of Emma was the meeting that held for the worker's strike on the eight hour workday, and then a bomb was thrown, and a number of anarchists and organizers were held responsible for it. This was the awakening of her social life, and she thought to fight just like the Haymarket martyrs did for anarchism (Avrich, Pp: 1). Alexander berkman and Emma started working together and ...