Thursday June 27th 2019 is Emma Goldman‘s 150th birthday. On that special day we will be celebrating her formidable life and legacy in Housmans Bookshop.
Donnacha DeLong will be speaking about Emma Goldman and intersectionality. Other names to be confirmed.
Venue:Housmans Bookshop
Donnacha DeLong is an Irish journalist and communications consultant. He is also a Past President of the National Union of Journalists. In 2010/11, Donnacha completed an MA in Political Communication and his dissertation, An Anarchist Analysis of Power, focused mainly on the writings of Emma Goldman and Rudolf Rocker.
Donnacha will talk about Emma Goldman’s activist career, in particular, how many of the things that are now criticised as identity politics were a large part of what made her “The most dangerous woman in America”. Emma Goldman was one of the most important figures in bringing issues such as women’s rights and gay rights into revolutionary politics.
