A. B. C. of Anarchism by Alexander Berkman
Our social institutions are founded on certain ideas and as long as these are generally believed, the institutions built on them are safe. Government remains strong because people think political authority and legal compulsion necessary. Capitalism will continue as long as such an economic system is considered adequate and just. The weakening of the ideas which support the evil and oppressive present-day conditions means the ultimate breakdown of government and capitalism. Progress consists of abolishing what man has outlived and substituting in its place a more suitable environment.Alexander Berkman was a prominent writer and participant in the Anarchist movement in the twentieth century. During the Homestead Steel Strike of 1892, the young, idealistic Berkman practiced propaganda by attempting to kill Henry Clay Frick. He penned the famous narrative of prison life, Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist, while incarcerated. Berkman went on to edit Emma Goldman's Mother Earth and his own paper, The Blast!, after his release. In 1919, he was deported from New York City to his native Russia, where he witnessed firsthand the defeat of the Bolshevik revolution and dedicated himself to authoring What is Anarchism?, the classic primer on anarchism.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780900384035 |
| ISBN 10 | 0900384034 |
| Title | A. B. C. of Anarchism |
| Author | Alexander Berkman |
| Series | Anarchist Classics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Freedom Press |
| Year published | 2006-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
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