Lets American anarchists speak for themselves. This title contains fifty-three interviews conducted by the author over a period of thirty years, interviews that portray the human dimensions of a movement much maligned by the authorities and contemporary journalists.

Through his many books on the history of anarchism, Paul Avrich has done much to dispel the public's conception of the anarchists as mere terrorists. In Anarchist Voices, Avrich lets American anarchists speak for themselves. This abridged edition contains fifty-three interviews conducted by Avrich over a period of thirty years, interviews that portray the human dimensions of a movement much maligned by the authorities and contemporary journalists. Most of the interviewees (anarchists as well as their friends and relatives) were active during the heyday of the movement, between the 1880s and the 1930s. They represent all schools of anarchism and include both famous figures and minor ones, previously overlooked by most historians. Their stories provide a wealth of personal detail about such anarchist luminaries as Emma Goldman and Sacco and Vanzetti.

"One of the most valuable records of anarchism ever published. . . . The cumulative effect is an astonishing kaleidoscope of policies and personalities unobtrusively revolved before our eyes."---Nicolas Walter, The Times Higher Education Supplement