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(en) France, UCL AL #366 - Culture - Read: Hélène Aldeguer and Léa Gauthier, "Emma Goldman, Woman and Anarchist" (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Date Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:57:37 +0200


A free but faithful adaptation of Emma Goldman's autobiography, published by L'Échappée in 2018. ---- A refugee in Saint-Tropez in 1928, stateless and silenced, surrounded by her supportive and devoted family, "the most dangerous woman in the United States" devoted herself entirely to organizing and editing her memoirs, from her arrival in New York in 1889, her first encounters with anarchist activists, her first steps as a public speaker, her time behind bars... to her exile in Russia where she faced the Bolsheviks' hijacking of the revolution. The task was immense for the author, as 10,000 pages of handwritten notes awaited her!

Léa Gauthier has skillfully captured the essence of a rich and complex life, cleverly dividing it into two narrative levels: a direct account, faithfully reporting a selection of significant events, and a second that focuses more on the context of the writing process and features other characters, whose reflections and debates enrich the narrative and allow for commentary. This alternation is underscored by the contrast between the two color palettes chosen by Hélène Aldeguer: softer and cooler for the scenes from the past, and brighter and warmer for the sequences on the French Riviera.

We understand the importance of the struggles that drove Emma Goldman throughout her life: for women, against imprisonment, against war and nationalism, against capitalism, for respect for political rights, and against persecution... in short: for anarchism.

A fitting tribute to her tireless fight for emancipation, which remains as relevant as ever, and to her hopes that future generations will carry it on.

Ernest London (UCL Le Puy-en-Velay)

Hélène Aldeguer and Léa Gauthier, Emma Goldman, Woman and Anarchist, Futuropolis, September 2025, 160 pages, EUR23.

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Lire-Helene-Aldeguer-et-Lea-Gauthier-Emma-Goldman-Femme-et-anarchiste
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