The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.

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Emma Goldman was a 19th-century Russian born anarchist. Emma Goldman was a Russian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer. 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. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation

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