Emma Goldman: A New Declaration of Independence

Emma Goldman: A New Declaration of Independence (1909) by Emma Goldman(Published in Mother Earth, Vol. IV, no. 5, July 1909.) When, in the course of human development, existing institutions prove inadequate to the needs of man, when they serve merely to enslave, rob, and oppress mankind, the people have the eternal right to rebel against, and overthrow, these institutions. The mere fact that