About : Who is Red Emma?

Emma Goldman: 1869 - 1940

Feminist, Anarchist, Labor Organizer & Rabble-Rouser

Perhaps one of the most well-known activists in the United States during the first half of the 20th century, Emma Goldman was a pioneer of change, a firebrand, and, according to the government, one of the most dangerous women in America.

The Red Emma's Project chose to dedicate itself to Goldman's legacy, because we believe in the ideas and ideals that she fought for her entire life: free speech, sexual and racial equality and independence, the right to organize in our jobs and in our own lives, ideas and ideals that we continue to fight for, even today.

"The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society." (1919)

As time goes on, we'll add more information to this page. But perhaps the best way to get a handle on who Emma Goldman was, and what she stands for in this era, is to read her own political and social theory. Goldman was a prolific author of essays and speeches, and the Emma Goldman Papers makes some of these available online.

We suggest

Anarchism: What It Really Stands For: http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Writings/Anarchism/anarchism.html
Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty: http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Writings/Anarchism/patriotism.html

from the collection Anarchism & Other Essays, which you can buy in our store.

You might also want to read

A New Declaration of Independence: http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Writings/Essays/independence.html

which was published in the radical periodical Mother Earth in 1909.

You can learn more about Emma Goldman at the Emma Goldman Papers: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/.

800 St. Paul St. * Baltimore, MD 21202 * (410) 230-0450 * info@redemmas.org

Red Emma's is open Monday through Saturday from 10AM-10PM, and Sunday from 10AM-6PM. Our weekly collective meetings are Sunday at 7PM, and are open to anyone interested in the project.

Red Emma's is part of IU 660 of the Industrial Workers of the World, one of the only unions to recognize that worker collectives can stand in solidarity with those fighting the bosses as part of one big union.