Emma Goldman was both a Jew and an anarchist, so that's gonna trigger the fuck out of some people.

Indeed, Winston Churchill singled her out by name:

"From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, and down to Trotsky (Russia), Bela Kun (Hungary), Rosa Luxembourg (Germany), and Emma Goldman (United States), this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilisation and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence, and impossible equality, has been steadily growing."

I have no interest here in getting into a debate about "the Jews." Nor indeed "communism." I have the old-fashioned view that people should be treated as individuals.

But unlike 99 percent of feminists, Emma Goldman actually fought for men's rights.

She spearheaded a campaign to make the draft illegal, arguing that it was a violation of the US Constitution's 13th amendment, which prohibits "slavery and involuntary servitude."

Footage of WWI is not difficult to come by. It was a nightmare. Young American men were forced to go fight and die. If they refused, they were imprisoned or killed. Socialist leader Eugene Debs (who was himself imprisoned during the war) said that it was a war for Wall Street. He was probably correct.

Whatever you think of feminists (I despise most of them), or Jews for that matter, Emma did the right thing there. She actually stayed true to her convictions (Emma Goldman was deported back to Russia a year later, and quickly condemned the new Soviet regime. That also required big balls).

Like a few feminists afterwards, she actually supported real gender equality. Or am I wrong about her? I would be interested in hearing opposing opinions.