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Alexander Berkman was a Russian-American anarchist and author. He was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century, famous for both his political activism and his writing.
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culture · Russian-American anarchist and writer (1870–1936) · typographer · writer · journalist · peace activist · autobiographer · translator · also Alexander Berkman, Owsei Ossipowitsch Berkman, Alexandre Berkman, Berkman
Born 21 November 1870 · Died 28 June 1936 · Q195390
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“s life and that the other charges were elements of the main crime of assault with the intent to kill, but the judge overruled his objection. In four hours, Berkman had been tried, convicted, and sentenced. He was brought to serve his sentence at Pennsylvania”
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Libcom: Sasha and Emma. The anarchist odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman - Paul Avrich, Karen Avrich
Libcom: The Only Hope of Ireland - Alexander Berkman
Died 1936-06-28.
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And reprinted many times since (often under the title What Is Communist Anarchism
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The Jewish Anarchist Federation of New York asked Berkman to write an introduction to anarchism intended for the general public
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Berkman published a book about his experiences, The Bolshevik Myth
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Berkman looked "haggard and pale"; according to Goldman, the 21 months Berkman served in Atlanta took a greater toll on him than his 14-year incarceration in Pennsylvania
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During which police seized what The New York Times described as "a wagon load of anarchist records and propaganda material"
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Berkman and Goldman were sentenced to two years in jail for conspiracy against the newly instated draft
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A bomb exploded during the San Francisco Preparedness Day Parade, killing ten people and wounding 40
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The Colorado National Guard fought a tent colony of striking miners and, during the day-long fight, 26 people were killed
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Berkman was transported from the Western Penitentiary to the Allegheny County Workhouse, where he spent the final 10 months of his sentence
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As Berkman finished the fifth year of his sentence, he applied to the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
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Berkman sought out anarchists Henry Bauer and Carl Nold
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Undertaking an act of propaganda of the deed, Berkman made a failed attempt to assassinate businessman Henry Clay Frick during the Homestead strike, for which he served 14 years in prison
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Berkman, Goldman, and Aronstam relocated to Worcester, Massachusetts, where they operated a successful luncheonette
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Berkman met and began a romance with Emma Goldman, another Russian immigrant
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And his uncle Nathan Natanson became responsible for him
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Osip Berkman was granted the right, as a successful businessman, to move from the Pale of Settlement to which Jews were generally restricted in the Russian Empire
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Born 1870-11-21.
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