biographies

Gesya Gelfman (1852-1882)

[aka Jessy Helfman, Hessy Helfman, Hesse Helfman, Hesia Helfman] Gesya Gelfman at Wikipedia “A Horrible Story” (1881) JESSY HELFMAN, THE HUMBLE MARTYR [From Stepniak’s Underground Russia] There are unknown heroines, obscure toilers, who offer up […]

Saint Ravachol

Mentioned in passing

“Achristoff, the 17-year-old priest’s daughter, who made love to the detective Lavroffski, in order to betray him into the hands of the nihilists…” “Victoria Goukoffski, daughter of a medical dispenser of Odessa, who, on hearing […]

Bakunin Library

Strategies of Presentation

[two_third padding=”0 0px 0 0px”] Beneath all the (hopefully useful) chatter, the strategy of interpretation I’m pursuing has three main elaments: To treat the body of Bakunin’s works as rich and relatively coherent, suffering much […]

Anarchy and the Sex Question (anthology)

Available now!

Anarchy and the Sex Question: Essays on Women and Emancipation, 1896-1917 By Emma Goldman Edited by Shawn P. Wilbur Available from PM Press, August 1, 2016 Emma Goldman (1869 – 1940) remains one of the […]

Anarchy and the Sex Question (anthology)

Available now!

Anarchy and the Sex Question: Essays on Women and Emancipation, 1896-1917 By Emma Goldman Edited by Shawn P. Wilbur Available from PM Press, August 1, 2016 Emma Goldman (1869 – 1940) remains one of the […]