2/23/09
Movie Notes
Emma Goldman
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escaped Russia in 1885 (was a teenager)
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escaped from a arranged marriage
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walked out on a loveless marriage and a 4 year factory job
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met Alexander Berkman
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didn’t think women were into radical meetings
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Johann Most
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Was a mentor to Emma
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Had a large and devoted following
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They talked about the need for education
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she found her own voice very quickly
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people thought she was possessed when she spoke
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anarchism was a social order and unrestricted by man-made law
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believed the acts of political violence was justified
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June 1892, bloodiest battle at the steel mill in PA
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3 pinkertons and 7 strikers were dead
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Henry Clary Frick
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Goldman and Berkman made explosives (but failed to make them work)
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They believed the end justified the means
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Berkman goes to kill Frick
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Berkman fails to kill Frick and gets arrested
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The workers wanted a capitalist
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Berkman kept Goldman’s part a secret and he starts his jail sentence
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1895, the U.S. was on the verge of collapse
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