Extra Credit Rn--by Razi

Razi
Emma Goldman -Address to the jury
Emma Goldman is a hardcore rebellious Anarchist, who was arrested for radical protesting against the government in 1917 in New York. This reading is about her address to the Jury that addresses the reasoning used by the government officials to convict her as well as her defense if that may be considered one by the court.
In her speech she states how the U.S Marshall McCarthy barged himself with his comrades in to her office and ransacked it without a search warrant and only to find and arrest Goldman and Berkman working in separate desks while they were writing. Then she continues to state the facts of the event and persuade the jury by informing them of the reasoning used by government is flimsy due to the fact that it is too flimsy and absurd to convict them of conspiring against the “Military Draft”. Ordered by President Woodrow Wilson to shut the down the anarchist factory and any other literature or communication, Mother Earth was banned and no other article was allowed to rebel or confront the Drafting conscription.
She and her fellow anarchist mate Berkman became patients of social injustice, for revealing the biggest social injustice experienced by people, which has not been protested for. Her argument: “The state /government does not have the right to draft any one for war. It is merely a trade issue between capitalists that is resolved at the expense of lives of the lower or working class; and therefore it was illegitimate”. This went obviously undigested by the government, President Wilsons answer: “Shut down all anarchist reforms and printing companies and impose a ban Mother Earth”. Later the matter went to an extent into deporting all foreign anarchists back to their country. This was an act of injustice, for raising voice against injustice.
Thesis here very simple and clear, that is don’t mess with the government or military..ever. Theme in this article is clearly injustice more specifically about hierarchical domination and control over people by any means if that means exploiting them by false accusations and convicting them illogically. Some thing I heard was about the government injustice in Saudi Arabia due to a diplomatic ruling all non citizens are in much severe surveillance and are subjected to all changes of law without any protesting or the result could be life threatening. This can result in a discussion regarding government affairs with the civilians who are born citizens and non citizens. Three topics I would research are protesting laws, control process of radicalism against government procedures and anarchist theories on controlled environment. I didn’t find words that were unfamiliar in this speech.