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Back to EpisodesDeportation Its Meaning and Menace by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman; Part 01
Episode 235
Published 2 years, 9 months ago
Description
On December 21, 1919, Emma Goldman, along with 248 other radical "aliens," was deported to the Soviet Union on the S.S. Buford under the 1918 Alien Act, which allowed for the expulsion of any alien found to be an anarchist. This is the last statement made by Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman before their departure to the Soviet Union