ALEXANDER BERKMAN RARE LABOR ANARCHIST REAL PHOTO BUTTON.
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Winning Bid:
$177.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
7/8" w/union back stamp. Likely c. 1910-1920. Minor surface wear only in reflected light. NM. Berkman played a significant role in US Labor & Anarchist history- incarcerated 14 years for the attempted murder of Henry Frick after shooting the chairman of the Carnegie Steel Co. during the Homestead Steel Strike; publishing the radical journal Mother Earth w/Emma Goldman; organized industrial disputes inc. the Lawrence textile strike; campaigned against US involvement in WWI; published Anarchist journal Blast; was arrested in connection w/the Preparedness Day parade bombing on July 22, 1916 that ultimately sent Tom Mooney to prison for 23 years and was charged w/violating the Espionage Act. He and Goldman were deported in 1919. Only the second example we've offered in our 54 years.
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