New York: Mother Earth Publishing Assn., 1917. The Trial of America's Most Famous Anarchists [Trial]. Goldman, Emma [1869-1940], Defendant. Berkman, Alexander [1870-1936], Defendant. Anarchism on Trial: Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Before the United States District Court in the City of New York, July, 1917. New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1917. 87, [9] pp. With 2 portraits of Berkman and Goldman and 9 pp. of publisher advertisements. Pamphlet in printed wrappers bound in recent quarter cloth over plain paper boards, typed label to front board, endpapers added, 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" publisher's advertisement for this title laid in. Light shelfwear, cloth starting to separate from rear board at head, library bookplate to inner front board. Light toning to interior, faint offsetting to front wrapper, small clean tear to upper corner of title page, which has punch and ink library stamps not affecting text, small chips and tears to fore-edge of laid-in sheet. $450. * Only edition. Published by Goldman's anarchist magazine Mother Earth, this pamphlet documents the trial of anarchist activists Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, who were outspoken opponents of U.S. entry into World War I and called for men to refuse conscription. Both were found guilty of violating the Espionage Act, which punished obstruction of the draft or encouragement of disloyalty to the United States. They were sentenced to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Both were deported to Russia upon their release under the terms of the 1918 Anarchist Exclusion Act. Titled "The Present Situation in re Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman," the laid-in sheet encourages all "sufficiently interested in free speech and fair play" to circulate Anarchism on Trial and donate funds towards an appeal.
