A Transnational Perspective of the Evolution of Rosa Luxemburg’s Theory of The Mass Strike

Bies, John D.

doi:10.1080/03017605.2018.1456621

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“…[7] An examples of the applicability of transnationalism was Owen's use of transnational analyses to explain how radical Islam's ideological struggle "flowed" beyond national borders; [8] additionally Goebel illustrated that the spread of communism into Mexico's political arena was the product of the transnational movement of the ideas of the Indian revolutionary Manabendra Nath Roy. [9] Finally, Bies [10] effectively made use of transnationalism to illustrate and explain how the political theory of Rosa Luxemburg evolved through cross-border flows.…”

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A Transnational Perspective of Emma Goldman’s Evolution as an Anarcha-Feminist

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2019

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One of the foremost American anarchists of the early twentieth century was Emma Goldman who fought for the rights of working-class men and women. Upon her arrival in the US from the Lithuanian region of the Tsarist Russian Empire, she immediately became actively involved in the American Anarchist Movement. Initially she professed and involved herself in the violent overthrow of the government and its institutions and the selective assassination of exploitative leaders in industry and government. After her imprisonment, she found another avenue for her anarchical beliefs in the form of women's issues that included freedom of choice in marriage, and control over decision-making relative to her own body -issues that resonate today. This article, then, analyses her concentrated fight for women egalitarianism that has been described as the first vestiges of Anarcha-feminism. It is argued that her evolution towards feminist causes can be explained via three "Geo-moments" that was used to illustrate how her political beliefs progressed from Russian Nihilism, to violent Anarchism, and finally to Anarcha-feminism. The three Geo-moments employed in this study were: first, her experiences as a young Nihilist under Tsarist Russian rule; second, her arrival in the United States and introduction to American Anarchism; and lastly, her medical training as a nurse at the University of Vienna that gave rise to her views of feminism. As an Anarcha-feminist, she addressed and fought for women's rights to use birth control to decide how many children they wanted and fought against the female discriminatory aspects of the Comstock Law. In connection to her newly acquired medical education, Goldman has been identified as one of the initial supporters of the LGBT community, their issues and acceptance into society. Lastly, was her founding the founding of the periodical Mother Earth that served as a platform for her fight for female equality.

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Section: Methodological Approach and Ideological Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%