Proletarian Days: A Hippolyte Havel Reader

The first collection of writings by Hippolyte Havel, a figure at the center of New York's turn-of-the-century political and artistic circles.

A prolific writer and tireless activist, Havel (1871–1950) contributed dozens of articles, essays, and reviews to anarchist periodicals, including Emma Goldman's Mother Earth. His influence on several writers, artists, and intellectuals (e.g., Eugene O'Neill, Joseph Stieglitz, Sadakichi Hartmann, etc.) helped shape American modernism. Proletarian Days renews his legacy and demonstrates his influence on international revolutionary politics, the development of modern art and literature, and the culture of twentieth-century America.

Featuring an introduction by historian Barry Pateman.

Hippolyte Havel was a Czech anarchist who lived most of his life in New York City. Editor of numerous publications, including Emma Goldman's Mother Earth, he wrote dozens of articles and was a major influence on many artists and radicals of his day.

Nathan Jun is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Philosophy Program at Midwestern State University. He is the author of Anarchism and Political Modernity (2011).

Barry Pateman formerly curated the Emma Goldman Papers Archive at the University of California Berkeley and co-edited Alexander Berkman's Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist.