Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
Alexander Berkman
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In 1892, anarchist and Russian émigré Alexander Berkman was apprehended for the failed assassination of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. This was a retaliatory act meant to incite revolution against those who had violently suppressed the Homestead Steel Strike — but for Berkman, it was a crime that ultimately led to his 14 year incarceration in Pennsylvania’s notorious Western Penitentiary. First published by Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth Press, Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist is a classic of autobiographical literature that recounts his experiences in the brutal, dehumanizing world of America's prison system. (ChuckW) (14 hr 57 min)
Chapters
| As Introductory | 4:54 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Call of Homestead | 37:26 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Seat of War | 7:55 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Spirit of Pittsburgh | 7:50 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Attentat | 4:26 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Third Degree | 12:03 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Jail | 9:39 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Trial | 6:20 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| Desperate Thoughts | 33:31 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Will to Live | 6:06 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| Spectral Silence | 7:23 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| A Ray of Light | 5:59 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Shop | 12:13 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| My First Letter | 5:34 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| Wingie | 13:14 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| To the Girl | 7:59 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| Persecution | 12:00 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Yegg | 25:20 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| The Route Sub Rosa | 4:14 | Read by Kwame Genov |
| ''Zuchthausbluethen'' | 15:54 | Read by onhyattus |
| The Judas | 16:12 | Read by antonygirgis |
| The Dip | 11:03 | Read by MajorHistory |
| The Urge of Sex | 19:40 | Read by MajorHistory |
| The Warden's Threat | 15:37 | Read by Stephen Harvey |
| The ''Basket'' Cell | 4:01 | Read by ChadH94 |
| The Solitary | 20:25 | Read by Stephen Harvey |
| Memory-Guests | 14:45 | Read by Stephen Harvey |
| A Day in the Cell-House | 37:24 | Read by Stephen Harvey |
| The Deeds of the Good to the Evil | 10:44 | Read by Stephen Harvey |
| The Grist of the Prison-Mill | 27:51 | Read by Stephen Harvey |
| The Scales of Justice | 14:40 | Read by Stephen Harvey |
| Thoughts that Stole Out of Prison | 9:12 | Read by Beau Wood |
| How Shall the Depths Cry? | 16:52 | Read by Christine Lehman |
| Hiding the Evidence | 14:40 | Read by ChadH94 |
| Love's Dungeon Flower | 22:30 | Read by ke126 |
| For Safety | 2:59 | Read by Josh Kibbey |
| Dreams of Freedom | 14:18 | Read by Cate Mackenzie |
| Whitewashed Again | 11:42 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| ''And by All Forgot, We Rot and Rot'' | 17:00 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| The Deviousness of Reform Law Applied | 7:48 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| The Tunnel | 14:40 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| The Death of Dick | 2:28 | Read by Josh Kibbey |
| An Alliance With the Birds | 18:07 | Read by Stephen Harvey |
| The Underground | 13:36 | Read by Andrew Grant |
| Anxious Days | 15:15 | Read by Christine Lehman |
| ''How Men Their Brothers Maim'' | 10:49 | Read by ChadH94 |
| A New Plan of Escape | 12:23 | Read by Cate Mackenzie |
| Done to Death | 18:13 | Read by ljarrow |
| The Shock at Buffalo | 27:50 | Read by PhyllisV |
| Marred Lives | 27:23 | Read by PhyllisV |
| ''Passing the Love of Woman'' | 23:06 | Read by PhyllisV |
| Love's Daring | 14:51 | Read by Chuck Williamson |
| The Bloom of ''The Barren Staff'' | 15:29 | Read by Chuck Williamson |
| A Child's Heart-Hunger | 8:55 | Read by John |
| Chum | 15:24 | Read by John |
| Last Days | 12:05 | Read by John |
| The Workhouse | 17:11 | Read by John |
| The Resurrection | 1:20:24 | Read by Chuck Williamson |
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It's amazing how little has changed since the writing of this
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