Emma Goldman Quotes
Ask for work. If they don't give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread.
Goldman, Emma. Living My Life. Alfred A. Knopf, 1931, p. 122.
She served a year in jail for this statement.
This sentiment was later expressed by the radical, Emma Goldman. She went to jail.
She was actually convicted of inciting to riot for this statement even though there was no riot. The thought of tens of thousands of unemployed workers going from house to house, office to office, store to store, asking for work or food, and possibly taking food was thoroughly intimidating to most of the American population. Goldman served one year in prison.
Hale's "Church" was a White Supremicist violent, terrorist, organization. Hale himself was jailed for attemoting to assassinate a Federal Judge.
Thai society had been polarized and very large peaceful demonstrations (by the Yellow Shirts) were calling for the resignation of the government which although very corrupt and controlled by a single very rich family which had extensive support of the rural and poor (the Red Shirts). This quotation illustrates how a peaceful protest could lead to violence and terrorism. This Red Shirt leader, rather than lose, would lead violence in the streets like the Brown Shirts of the pre WWII Germany. If the violence fails, he was willing to go underground and become a terrorist movement.
Emma Goldman was an anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.
