Johann Most is one of the more misunderstood figures in U.S. anarchist history. His reputation is shaped by a legacy of vilification in the mainstream press, with the foreign-born Most being the target of relentless attacks by the newspapers of his day. In Most, the forces of capitalism and order found the stereotype of the wild-eyed anarchist bent on destruction.
This zine presents a biographical essay about Most by Emma Goldman, originally published in The American Mercury. It is notable for its profoundly human portrayal of Most, providing a biographical sketch and evaluating his role in the movement.
The essay is accompanied by a critical introduction that explores how Most has been portrayed over the years.
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«Es el que se creó él mismo por medio del Espíritu Santo; que se envió como mediador entre él mismo y los otros, quien despreciado y burlado por sus enemigos, se dejó clavar en la cruz como un malhechor cualquiera en la cúspide de una montaña; que se dejó enterrar y resucitó después de muerto y que bajó a los infiernos, y luego subió al cielo, donde está sentado a la derecha de sí mismo para juzgar a los vivos y a los muertos cuando ya no haya más vivos…
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Johann Most is one of the more misunderstood figures in U.S. anarchist history. His reputation is shaped by a legacy of vilification in the mainstream press, with the foreign-born Most being the target of relentless attacks by the newspapers of his day. In Most, the forces of capitalism and order found the stereotype of the wild-eyed anarchist bent on destruction.
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by John Most and Emma Goldman
To most Americans Anarchy is an evil-sounding word — another name for wickedness, perversity, and chaos. Anarchists are looked upon as a herd of uncombed, unwashed, and vile ruffians, bent on killing the rich and dividng their capital. Anarchy, however, to its followers actually signifies a social theory which regards the union of order with the absense of all government of man by man; in short, it means perfect individual liberty.
If the meaning of Anarchy has so far been interpreted as a state of the greatest disorder, it is because people have been taught that their affairs are regulated, that they are ruled wisely, and that authority is a necessity.
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Johann Most’s most famous speech.c. 1884 “Among the beasts of prey man is certainly the worst.” This expression, very commonly made nowadays, is only relatively true. Not man as such, but man in connection with wealth is a beast of prey. The richer a man, the greater his greed for more. We may call such a monster the `beast of property.”
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Johann Most (1892)
Among all mental diseases which man has systematically inoculated into his cranium, the religious pest is the most abominable.
Like all things else, this disease has a history; it only regrettable that in this case nothing will be found of the development from nonsense to reason, which is generally assumed to be the course of history.
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