Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist

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English · 1920 · 14h 57m · Memoirs

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In 1892, anarchist and Russian émigré Alexander Berkman was apprehended for the failed assassination of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. This was a retaliatory act meant to incite revolution against those who had violently suppressed the Homestead Steel Strike — but for Berkman, it was a crime that ultimately led to his 14 year incarceration in Pennsylvania’s notorious Western Penitentiary. First published by Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth Press, Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist is a classic of autobiographical literature that recounts his experiences in the brutal, dehumanizing world of America's prison system. (ChuckW)

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As Introductory 4:54 Read by Kwame Genov
The Call of Homestead 37:26 Read by Kwame Genov
The Seat of War 7:55 Read by Kwame Genov
The Spirit of Pittsburgh 7:50 Read by Kwame Genov
The Attentat 4:26 Read by Kwame Genov
The Third Degree 12:03 Read by Kwame Genov
The Jail 9:39 Read by Kwame Genov
The Trial 6:20 Read by Kwame Genov
Desperate Thoughts 33:31 Read by Kwame Genov
The Will to Live 6:06 Read by Kwame Genov
Spectral Silence 7:23 Read by Kwame Genov
A Ray of Light 5:59 Read by Kwame Genov
The Shop 12:13 Read by Kwame Genov
My First Letter 5:34 Read by Kwame Genov
Wingie 13:14 Read by Kwame Genov
To the Girl 7:59 Read by Kwame Genov
Persecution 12:00 Read by Kwame Genov
The Yegg 25:20 Read by Kwame Genov
The Route Sub Rosa 4:14 Read by Kwame Genov
''Zuchthausbluethen'' 15:54 Read by onhyattus
The Judas 16:12 Read by antonygirgis
The Dip 11:03 Read by MajorHistory
The Urge of Sex 19:40 Read by MajorHistory
The Warden's Threat 15:37 Read by Stephen Harvey
The ''Basket'' Cell 4:01 Read by ChadH94
The Solitary 20:25 Read by Stephen Harvey
Memory-Guests 14:45 Read by Stephen Harvey
A Day in the Cell-House 37:24 Read by Stephen Harvey
The Deeds of the Good to the Evil 10:44 Read by Stephen Harvey
The Grist of the Prison-Mill 27:51 Read by Stephen Harvey
The Scales of Justice 14:40 Read by Stephen Harvey
Thoughts that Stole Out of Prison 9:12 Read by Beau Wood
How Shall the Depths Cry? 16:52 Read by Christine Lehman
Hiding the Evidence 14:40 Read by ChadH94
Love's Dungeon Flower 22:30 Read by ke126
For Safety 2:59 Read by Josh Kibbey
Dreams of Freedom 14:18 Read by Cate Mackenzie
Whitewashed Again 11:42 Read by Kathleen Moore
''And by All Forgot, We Rot and Rot'' 17:00 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Deviousness of Reform Law Applied 7:48 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Tunnel 14:40 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Death of Dick 2:28 Read by Josh Kibbey
An Alliance With the Birds 18:07 Read by Stephen Harvey
The Underground 13:36 Read by Andrew Grant
Anxious Days 15:15 Read by Christine Lehman
''How Men Their Brothers Maim'' 10:49 Read by ChadH94
A New Plan of Escape 12:23 Read by Cate Mackenzie
Done to Death 18:13 Read by ljarrow
The Shock at Buffalo 27:50 Read by PhyllisV
Marred Lives 27:23 Read by PhyllisV
''Passing the Love of Woman'' 23:06 Read by PhyllisV
Love's Daring 14:51 Read by Chuck Williamson
The Bloom of ''The Barren Staff'' 15:29 Read by Chuck Williamson
A Child's Heart-Hunger 8:55 Read by John
Chum 15:24 Read by John
Last Days 12:05 Read by John
The Workhouse 17:11 Read by John
The Resurrection 1:20:24 Read by Chuck Williamson

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It's amazing how little has changed since the writing of this


(5 stars)