Pulitzer Prize finalist tells story of the Jewish lawyer who tried to keep Emma Goldman out of jail

Michael Willrich's latest book 'American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century' explores themes of anarchy and censorship.

Emma Goldman with attorney Harry Weinberge second from (right) on the way to Ellis Island, where she and her former lover Alexander Berkman would be among 249 "anarchist aliens" deported en masse to Russia by the U.S. government, Dec. 6, 1919.

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JUNE 16, 2024 22:54

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