Alexander Berkman Quotes
The cure for evil and disorder is more liberty, not suppression.
Berkman, Alexander. Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism. Vanguard Press, 1929.
Conservatives, while favoring free markets and a great deal of freedom for business, in his era, also supported government control over personal behavior ranging from women’s rights to control their own bodies, to governing the sexual behavior of consenting adults or censoring publications or using drugs and even including the right to commit suicide.
At the time, most English socialists were not socially liberal while Crosland and others thought that they needed to be to be relevant to the coming generations and to be consistent with the principle of equality. There is no British Constitution like the American Constitution. The Parliament may has to change laws before any progress is made on social issues and civil rights. The courts may not override parliament, and the highest British Court is the House of Lords—part of Parliament.
Alexander Berkman was a Russian-American anarchist and author. He was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century, famous for both his political activism and his writing.
