The Importance of Patriotism

On April 26, 1908, Emma Goldman gave a speech in San Francisco called what is patriotism? That kind of sounds like the like a sixth grade essay contest. She said if that were patriotism, few American men of today would be called upon to be patriotic since the place of play has been turned into factory, mill and mine. The following days, the papers gave up reporting about Goldman. It was just got boring.