An interview with Tom Goyens, professor of history at Salisbury University and author of Johann Most: Life of a Radical, out last year from University of Illinois Press speaking about the life and times of the atheist and propagandist (notably through his journal, Freiheit) and his development from social democrat parliamentarian to socialist revolutionary to anarchist. For the chat we talk about Mosts’s life, development and legacy, from the mid-1800’s in Bavaria up to his death in 1906.

Other links:

• Tom’s prior book on radical German immigrants in the US, Beer and Revolution: The German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880-1914
• Tom’s compilation of the memoir of Helene Minkin, Storm in My Heart: Memories from the Widow of Johann Most
• Tom’s wixsite: https://txgoyens.wixsite.com/tomgoyens
• Tom on facebook, instagram and bluesky

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