Anarchism: And Other Essays | 
“The typical Anarchist, then, may be defined as follows: A man perceptible by the spirit of revolt under one or more of its forms, — opposition, investigation, criticism, innovation, — endowed with a strong love of liberty, egoistic or individualistic, and possessed of great curiosity, a keen desire to know.”
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Finished two books this week! 😊 The Ballad was a fun return to the Hunger Games world, and Anarchism was an interesting mix of relevant/outdated and progressive/elitist.
#WeeklyForecast
I'm hoping to finish Stamped and Fruit, both of which I'm LOVING, this week. And of course planning on more hours of bookish snuggles with #Pippin. 🥰 #dogsoflitsy #bostonterriersoflitsy
How fun to encounter Frühlings Erwachen, the 1906 play on which the Broadway musical Spring Awakening is based, in this 1910 essay by an anarchist! Love the musical. ❤️ #SerialReader
Started digging into some essays today...
pickMotto: Understand one another.
“We Americans claim to be a peace loving people... yet our hearts swell with pride at the thought that America is becoming the most powerful nation on earth, and that it will eventually plant her iron foot on the necks of all other nations.
Such is the logic of patriotism.”
Still working my way through this book. Still not an anarchist ...lots of great points though.
#anarchy #politics
I mean...she has a good fucking point there.
Picked up Serial Reader again for the new year. Love this app.
#serialreader #anarchism #iamnotananarchist
“No subject of equal social import has received such extensive consideration within the last few years as the question of prison and punishment.”
“We Americans claim to be a peace-loving people. We hate bloodshed; we are opposed to violence. Yet we go into spasms of joy over the possibility of projecting dynamite bombs from flying machines upon helpless citizens. “
“The people are urged to be patriotic and for that luxury they pay, not only by supporting their "defenders," but even by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegiance to the flag, which means obedience and readiness to kill father, mother, brother, sister.”
“The strange phenomenon of the opposition to Anarchism is that it brings to light the relation between so-called intelligence and ignorance”. I‘ve read four of the essays so far. I‘m really enjoying this. Is that bad? 😂
Visiting Baltimore for the weekend and stopped in Red Emma's, a radical bookstore with a cooperatively owned, collectively managed cafe attached. Perfect place to sit, read and browse.
Listening to the radical and brilliant #EmmaGoldman (1869-1940) discuss all sorts of topics (not just #anarchism). This woman was light years ahead of her time. It's interesting to hear how things have changed, yet so much hasn't changed at all. 😔 #audiobooks #librivox #resistance
