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Dangerous Anarchist Strikers
Series: - Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume: 272
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This book explores the ideas of three largely forgotten radical women who participated in labor union strikes in Argentina and Uruguay, Canada, and the United States: Virginia Bolten (c.1876-1960), one of the most militant anarchists of southern South America; Helen Armstrong (1875-1947), a major leader of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, whose involvement in that important event in Canadian history was, for a long time, obscured by accounts that emphasized the accomplishments of men; and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964), the Wobbly leader who directed many industrial strikes throughout the United States, and was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union, who eventually became the leader of the Communist Party, USA. It also examines the contributions of two similarly neglected anarchist men who participated in labor union strikes and industrial action in New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Argentina, and Japan. Tom Barker (1887-1970) was an anarchist who eventually became a socialist who worked to promote labor unionism on four continents and who tried to create a global One Big Union for sailors. Kōtoku, Shūsui (1871-1911) was a liberal who became a socialist and finally an anarchist. An opponent of governmental imperialism and ecological mismanagement, he studied and translated the works of Western thinkers and sought to apply what he learned from other cultures to the development of Japan.
Dangerous Anarchist Strikers was highlighted and discussed on the New Books Network podcast New Books in Women's History with an interview of the author, Steve J. Shone, by host Morteza Hajizadeh. The November 25, 2024 episode can be accessed here.
Dangerous Anarchist Strikers was highlighted and discussed on the New Books Network podcast New Books in Women's History with an interview of the author, Steve J. Shone, by host Morteza Hajizadeh. The November 25, 2024 episode can be accessed here.
Steve J. Shone is Lecturer in Political Science at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He received his Ph.D. (1992) in political science from the University of California-Riverside. He has taught at Winona State University, Gonzaga University, and the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. He is the author of Lysander Spooner: American Anarchist (Lexington Books, 2010), American Anarchism (Brill, 2013), Women of Liberty (Brill, 2019), and Rose Summerfield: Australian Radical (Lexington Books, 2022).
Introduction
Part 1
Women in Action
1 Virginia Bolten: Myth and Reality
1 The Origins of Anarchism in Argentina and Uruguay
2 Virgina Bolten: the Myth
3 Virginia Bolten: the Reality
2 Helen Armstrong: Champion of Labor, Women, and the Poor
1 The Trials
2 Meetings and Talk of Revolution
3 Immigrants and British Subjects
4 Forgotten Women
5 Poverty and Women’s Pay
3 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: a Star Who Ceased to Twinkle
1 Before and after Spokane
2 Elizabeth and theiww
3 The Chicagoiww Trial
4 The Workers’ Defense Union and theaclu
5 Sacco and Vanzetti, theldc , and the ild
6 Flynn the Communist
Part 2
Internationalists
4 Tom Barker: a Wobbly Who Wobbled
1 New Zealand
2 Australia
3 Chile
4 Argentina
5 Europe, Conferences, and the Twelve
6 Russia
7 New York City
8 England
5 Kōtoku, Shūsui: the Ringleader
1 Kanno, Suga, “Wife,” and Other Wives
2 Kōtoku’s Trajectory toward Anarchism
3 Sugamo Prison and Six Months in the United States
4 Ashio Copper Mine
5 Kōtoku and the Japanese Language
6 Kōtoku the Atheist
7 Kōtoku’s Chinese Influences
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Part 1
Women in Action
1 Virginia Bolten: Myth and Reality
1 The Origins of Anarchism in Argentina and Uruguay
2 Virgina Bolten: the Myth
3 Virginia Bolten: the Reality
2 Helen Armstrong: Champion of Labor, Women, and the Poor
1 The Trials
2 Meetings and Talk of Revolution
3 Immigrants and British Subjects
4 Forgotten Women
5 Poverty and Women’s Pay
3 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: a Star Who Ceased to Twinkle
1 Before and after Spokane
2 Elizabeth and the
3 The Chicago
4 The Workers’ Defense Union and the
5 Sacco and Vanzetti, the
6 Flynn the Communist
Part 2
Internationalists
4 Tom Barker: a Wobbly Who Wobbled
1 New Zealand
2 Australia
3 Chile
4 Argentina
5 Europe, Conferences, and the Twelve
6 Russia
7 New York City
8 England
5 Kōtoku, Shūsui: the Ringleader
1 Kanno, Suga, “Wife,” and Other Wives
2 Kōtoku’s Trajectory toward Anarchism
3 Sugamo Prison and Six Months in the United States
4 Ashio Copper Mine
5 Kōtoku and the Japanese Language
6 Kōtoku the Atheist
7 Kōtoku’s Chinese Influences
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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