Emma Goldman: "#Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. Anarchism stands for a social order 1/
based on the free grouping of individuals . . . Anarchism therefore stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral. But defiance and resistance are illegal. Therein lies the salvation of man. 2/
Everything illegal necessitates integrity, self-reliance, and courage. In short, it calls for free, independent spirits . . . Direct action, having proven effective along economic lines, is equally potent in the environment of the individual. There a hundred forces encroach 3/
upon his being, and only persistent resistance to them will finally set him free. Direct action against the authority in the shop, direct action against the authority of the law, direct action against the invasive, meddlesome authority of our moral code, is the logical, 4/
consistent method of Anarchism. . . It is the philosophy of the sovereignty of the individual. It is the theory of social harmony. It is the great, surging, living truth that is reconstructing the world, and that will usher in the Dawn." 5/5 marxists.org/reference/arch…
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