The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader

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\“God is a lie, / and Faith is a lie, / And a tenfold lie is Love; / Life is a problem without a why, / And never a thing to prove.”—Voltairine de Cleyre Never as infamous as Emma Goldman, Voltairine de Cleyre distinguished herself as a leading intellectual, activist, speaker and writer with a tremendous impact on American anarchist, feminist and labor movements. Combined into a fully annotated volume are her classic works and writings that have not been widely available since her death in 1912. She reveals the scope and depth of her activism and study through her prose. Her poetry speaks powerfully of the issues closest to her heart. “The most gifted and brilliant anarchist woman America ever produced.”—Emma Goldman Preface by Barry Pateman ...... ................ . ........................ i Short Chronology of Significant Dates ............... . . ..................... iv Introduction .................. ............... ......... ............. vii A Note on the Texts ........... ................. . . ..................... xi Collected Prose In Defense of Emma Goldman and the Right of Expropriation ............... ..... 1 They Who Marry Do III ...•...... .............. ................ ...... 11 Anarchism and American Traditions ... . ........ . .... ................ .... 21 The Dominant Idea ...... .... ........ . ........... . .................. 35 Direct Action ........ . . . .... ............. .... ...... ........ . ...... 47 The Economic Tendency of Freethought ............... .................... 63 Francisco Ferrer ... . ........ ................. ...... ................ 75 Sex Slavery.· .............. ............. ...... .... ............ . . . . 93 The Making of an Anarchist .... .............. ..... ............. . ..... 105 The Heart of Angiolillo ...... ..... ............... .... ............... 113 The Mexican Revolt .......... ....... . .......... ..... .......... .... 123 The Drama of the Nineteenth Century, .............. ..... ............... 129 Dyer D. Lum ............. ..................... .......... . ... . . . . . 147 Crime and Punishment ........ ................ . . ............ . ..... . 151 McKinley's Assassination from the Anarchist Standpoint . . ..... .......... . ... 173 The Eleventh of November, 1887 .................. . . ....... ............ 177 Collected Poetry Bastard Born ......... ........ . ..... . ........ .... ................ 1 83 The Gods and the People ..... ................... ..... ....... ........ 189 And Thou Too ............. ................... ..... ...... ..... . ... 195 The Dirge of the Sea .... . .... ............ : ..... ..... ............... 197 lAm ........ ......... . ........ .......... ........... . ........... 201 Love's Ghost .... . .............. ............... .................... 202 Life or Death . . . ........ . ... . ......................... . . .......... 204 The Toast of Despair .............. ................ .................. 205 Mary Wollstonecraft . . . . . .......... . ............ .................. . . 207 The Suicide's Defense ...... . ...... .......... ........................ 208 The Road Builders ................. ............... ............. . .... 210 Ave et Vale . . ..................... . , .......... ..................... 211 Marsh-Bloom ................. .................. .................. 215 Written-In-Red ................ ............ ....................... 216 The Worm Turns Germinal ... .................. ........... ...................... 217 Ut Sementem Feeeris, Ita Metes ................ ...................... 218 Santa Agueda ................ .............. ..................... 219 The Feast of Vultures ............. ............ ..................... 220 Night at the Grave in Waldheim .................. .................... 223 The Hurricane ................ .......... ......................... 224 In Memoriam .............. ............... ...................... 226 John P. Altgeld .............. ........... ........ ......... . ... . ... 226 "Light Upon Waldheim" ........... ........ ........ ................. 227 Notes ....... .................. .............. ..................... 229