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With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism
Anna Elena Torres, Kenyon Zimmer, and Samuel Brody, moderated by Janet Jakobsen
Live transcription is available here. Jewish anarchism has long been marginalized in histories of anarchist thought and action. in With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism (AK Press, 2023), co-editors Anna Elena Torres (University of Chicago) and Kenyon Zimmer (University of Texas, Arlington) will be joined by contributor Samuel Brody (University of Kansas) to […]
Read MoreClare Hemmings: Emma Goldman’s Struggles for Utopia
In the annual Natalie Boymel Kampen Memorial Lecture in Feminist Criticism and History, Clare Hemmings delivers a lecture titled “Emma Goldman’s Struggles for Utopia: Feminism and Ambivalence.” Emma Goldman (anarchist activist and thinker) was a life-long believer in anarchist revolution and the importance of prefigurative engagement with utopian ways of living that such revolution would […]
Read MoreEmma Goldman’s Struggles for Utopia: Feminism and Ambivalence
Clare Hemmings
Clare Hemmings will explore 20th century anarchist Emma Goldman conflicting views on gender, sexuality, race, and the means to bring about a political revolution. Hemmings shows that these are not contradictions but offerings for means of thinking through current dilemmas and power relations, and living through uncertainties.
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