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Emma Goldman

Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 1940

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Campaigned for free speech, birth control and workers’ rights, opposed conscription in World War I, and was deported from the United States in 1919.

Emma Goldman sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly libertarian on liberty and authority, strongly progressive on culture and strongly peace-first on war and peace.

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Where Emma Goldman sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Emma Goldman

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People furthest from Emma Goldman

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17150%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present0%Joseph de Maistre Savoyard counter-revolutionary thinker, 1753 to 18210%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)0%

Political views closest to Emma Goldman

Anarcho-communismAbolishes the state, private property and money in favor of free, stateless communities…99%Anarcho-syndicalismWorkers organize in revolutionary unions that take over industry and run society without…99%Left-libertarianismCombines strong personal freedom with the view that natural resources and wealth should…96%Social ecologyTies the ecological crisis to social hierarchy and proposes directly democratic,…93%

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