Alexander Berkman - USA, 1860-1936
Born Ovsei Osipovich Berkkan, usually known as Alex or Sasha Berkman
Born in Lithuania, Alex Berkman moved to Russia and then the US, becoming an anarchist. A leading figure in the moevment alongside friend and occasional lover Emma Goldman he was imprisoned after he attempted to assassinate a steel boss responsible for the deaths of workers in the 1892 Homestead strike. Deported to Russia, he left for Germany and later died in France in 1936.
Key texts: What is Anarchism?
Links on libcom.org
Biography of Alexander "Sasha" Berkman, 1860-1936
Alex Berkman archive
Biography of Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman archive
The Homestead Strike, 1892
Alex Berkman search results on libcom.org
