Old Words on War Stirring a New Dispute at Berkeley

Thanks to Jen Young for pointing us to This NYTimes Story on anarchist Emma Goldman who died in 1940, more than two decades after being deported to Russia with other anarchists in the United States who opposed World War I. Now her words are the source of deep consternation once again, this time at the University of California, which has housed Goldman\’s papers for the past 23 years.

In an unusual showdown over freedom of expression, university officials have refused to allow a fund-raising appeal for the Emma Goldman Papers Project to be mailed because it quoted Goldman on the subjects of suppression of free speech and her opposition to war. The university deemed the topics too political as the country prepares for possible military action against Iraq.

January 20, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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