The journal was originally conceived by Berkman as a "revolutionary labor paper" rather than a strictly anarchist newspaper. It is the beginning of really lasting construction." We emphasize it: to blast the bulwarks of slavery and oppression is of primal necessity. "To destroy the Old and the False is the most vital work. Nothing is therefore more important than to destroy. "Before a garden can bloom, the weeds must be uprooted. In an introductory editorial statement, Berkman noted that the provocatively-named publication would be both destructive and constructive in intent: Joining Editor and Publisher Berkman at the time of the 8-page magazine's launch was E.B. The first issue of The Blast appeared dated Januwith cover art by anarchist cartoonist Robert Minor. Establishment Īlexander Berkman, editor and publisher of The Blast. Berkman became a primary organizer of the Caplan-Schmidt Defense League in the summer of 1915 and henceforth devoted the bulk of his time to this legal fight, ending his formal editorial connection with Mother Earth. He arrived in California in the spring of 1915 where he became involved in the defense of Mathew Schmidt and David Caplan, anarchists recently arrested following years living underground in connection with the October 1910 fatal bombing of the newspaper plant of the conservative Los Angeles Times. In September 1914 Berkman and Goldman split, with Berkman hitting the road in an attempt to organize "Anti-Militarist Leagues" in opposition to World War I and to federate the dispersed array of local anarchist groups into a unified organization. Berkman's joining of the editorial staff of Mother Earth was thus in the nature of a reunion. Jailed for his failed attempt at political murder, Berkman was only released in May 1906, having served 14 years in prison for his crime. īerkman had gained fame (or infamy) for his part in the July 1892 attempted assassination of Henry Clay Frick, the manager of the Carnegie Steel Company who in the previous month had emerged victorious in the bitter and violent Homestead Strike of the company's steel works at Homestead, Pennsylvania. Beginning in March 1907, the editorial staff was joined by Alexander Berkman (1870-1936), a consort of Goldman's since 1886. Mother Earth was an anarchist magazine established in New York City in March 1906 by Russian-Jewish émigré Emma Goldman (1869-1940) and Max Baginski (1864-1943). The publication had roots in Emma Goldman's magazine Mother Earth, having been launched when her former consort Berkman left his editorial position at that publication.
The Blast was a semi-monthly anarchist periodical published by Alexander Berkman in San Francisco, California, USA from 1916 through 1917. This article is about the San Francisco anarchist magazine.
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