Voltairine !

by voltairine.org (presley [at] voltairine.org)

Wed, Jan 5, 2005 8:50AM

The radical feminist writings of Voltairine de Cleyre,
1866 – 1912, come back to life on 20 January 2005.

"EXQUISITE REBEL:

THE ESSAYS OF VOLTAIRINE DE CLEYRE -
ANARCHIST,
FEMINIST,
GENIUS"
by Voltairine de Cleyre
Edited by Sharon Presley and Crispin Sartwell
SUNY Press
332 pp.

Emma Goldman called Voltairine de Cleyre
"the most gifted and brilliant anarchist woman America ever produced."

Yet her writings and speeches on anarchism and feminism
— as radical, passionate, and popular at the time as Goldman's —
are virtually unknown today.

This important book brings de Cleyre's eloquent and incisive work
out of undeserved obscurity.

Twenty-one essays are reprinted here,
including her classic works:
"Anarchism and the American Tradition,"
"The Dominant Idea,"
and "Sex Slavery."

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§Voltairine would say now

by Organize

Tue, Jan 25, 2005 8:19AM

Our radical loving sister Voltairine would now say: it's time to use all this power we have to organize to take power.

Movements with no political arm just pitter out the day after the march. While patriarchs plan and scheme on to coopt us or how to shut us up, we sit home waiting to see if their media shows a picture or two of our marches.

The corporate patriarchy just finished watching what they call our "circus"...then, they seek out one or two of their "real" women to make like they have support of women...

ANd nothing changes...it just gets worse.

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