Excellent review and scary parallels. Goldman being a woman didn't help either. The jailing and brutalization of suffragists in 1919 to censor their silent speech, and Susan B Anthony's guilty verdict declared by a judge after dismissing the jury are examples of how the state waived legal norms when it came to censuring women's activism.
Well done! The fact the Comstock Laws are still on the books should disturb anyone who believes in a free, democratic society.
Excellent review and scary parallels. Goldman being a woman didn't help either. The jailing and brutalization of suffragists in 1919 to censor their silent speech, and Susan B Anthony's guilty verdict declared by a judge after dismissing the jury are examples of how the state waived legal norms when it came to censuring women's activism.