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¡Abajo los anarquistas!

Emma Goldman

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inglés
Estado:
Obra completa
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Extensión:
~2110 palabras · 10 pasajes
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  • APAEmma Goldman. (n.d.). Down With the Anarchists! [¡Abajo los anarquistas!]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/emma-goldman/down-with-the-anarchists
  • MLAEmma Goldman. Down With the Anarchists! [¡Abajo los anarquistas!]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/es/works/emma-goldman/down-with-the-anarchists.
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De qué trata

Un artículo irónico: Goldman escribe «¡abajo los anarquistas!» para enseñar qué están pidiendo de verdad los que lo gritan.

Contexto e historia

El título es la trampa y es el argumento. Una pieza breve de combate, en el registro que hizo de Mother Earth una revista temida. Es un artículo corto y no un libro: su tamaño en el catálogo no es ningún defecto de la copia. Buena parte de la obra de Goldman tuvo esta forma, en su revista Mother Earth y en folletos.

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Extracto de la edición disponible
What do the Anarchist really want? When you know that, you will be able to decide for yourself whether the Anarchists are your enemies or your friends. The Anarchists say that it is not necessary to have murder and crime, poverty and corruption in the world. They say that we are cursed with these evils because a handful of people have monopolized the earth and all the wealth of the country. But who produces that wealth? Who builds the railroads, who digs the coal, who works in the fields and factories? You can answer that question for yourself. It is the toilers who do all the work and who produce all that we have in the world. The Anarchists say: The products of Labor should belong to the producers. The industries should be carried on to minister to the needs of the people instead of for profit, as at present. Abolishing monopoly in land and in the sources of production, and making the opportunity for production accessible to all, would do away with capitalism and introduce free and equal distribution. That, in turn, would do away with laws and government, as there would be no need for them, government serving only to conserve the institutions of today and to protect the masters in their exploitation of the people. It would abolish war and crime, because the incentive to either would be lacking. It would be a society of real freedom, without coercion or violence, based on the voluntary communal arrangement of "To each according to his needs; from each according to his ability." That is what the Anarchists teach. Suppose they are all wrong. Are you going to prove it by hanging them? If they are wrong, the people will not accept their ideas, and therefore there can be no danger from them. But, if they are right, it would be good for us to find it out. In any case it is a question of learning what these Anarchists really want. Let the people hear them. But how about violence? you say.…

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