Comments on: Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

homunculus — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:34:58 -0800

Emma Goldman, "Queen of the Anarchists."

By: jsonic

jsonic — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:43:04 -0800

Thanks for the reminder of the PBS show tonight.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:12:36 -0800

aw, I wish I had PBS. [thanks for some ace links to tide me over]

By: strangeleftydoublethink

strangeleftydoublethink — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:12:43 -0800

Yes, thanks for posting this. I"m looking forward to the program. When PBS profiled Chicago for the American Experience, they did a short segment on Haymarket. I was surprised by the number of historical facts they got wrong.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:26:03 -0800

*jumps up on table* *shouts "ANARCHY!"*

By: rafter

rafter — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:31:13 -0800

*plays a Beach Boys song on the jukebox*

By: Ty Webb

Ty Webb — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:33:43 -0800

Would anarchists have a queen?

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:45:58 -0800

No, but apparently some people in the press nicknamed her that, and it worked so nicely with the links I'd collected that I couldn't resist.

By: Ty Webb

Ty Webb — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:11:31 -0800

How about Emma Goldman: Affinity Group Spokesperson of the Anarchists?

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:12:15 -0800

Thanks for the head's up on the PBS show tonight. I've always admired Ms. Goldman...I'm looking forward to this broadcast.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:13:12 -0800

I like it, Ty Webb. I just hope the documentary is better than the movie about Boudicca was.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:27:48 -0800

I love her...thanks homunculus (and i didn't know there was going to be an American Experience on her either)

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:38:49 -0800

and don't forget that she was one of the earliest American supporters of gay and lesbian rights: In an era when gay writer Oscar Wilde was imprisoned for two years (1895-1897) for "gross indecency," Goldman spoke out publicly in defense of gay and lesbian people, defending their right to choose who and how they would love. For this outspokenness she faced criticism from her colleagues on the left who feared that embracing the cause of homosexuality would damage their other political work. Goldman was as unaffected by these fears as she was by the condemnation of those on the right, and she continued to support homosexuals throughout her life.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:52:07 -0800

I'm watching it now—pretty good for a tv documentary, aside from a bizarre soft-porn "recreation" of her sex life. What the hell is that about?

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:59:52 -0800

it's like PBS mixed with Lifetime...cheesy. I think maybe they felt they should sex it up because of her "free love" stance.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:42:16 -0800

Improbably, Emma Goldman ran - briefly - an ice cream shop about four miles from my front door.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 06:37:44 -0800

"Would you like whip cream on your Smash The State Shake, Sir?"