Sewing Freedom
Subtitle: Philip Josephs, Transnationalism & Early New Zealand Anarchism
By: Jared Davidson
Publisher: AK Press
Published: 2013-04-09
Place of publication: Oakland, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781849351324
Copyright date: 2013
Description: *Sewing Freedom* is the first in-depth study of anarchism in New Zealand during the turbulent years of the early-20th century—a time of wildcat strikes, industrial warfare, and a radical working class counter-culture. Interweaving biography, cultural history, and an array of archival sources, this engaging account unravels the anarchist-cum-bomber stereotype by piecing together the life of Philip Josephs—a Latvian-born Jewish tailor, antimilitarist, and founder of the Wellington Freedom Group. Anarchists like Josephs not only existed in the ‘Workingman’s Paradise’ that was New Zealand, but were a lively part of its labour movement and the class struggle that swept through the country, imparting uncredited influence and ideas. *Sewing Freedom* places this neglected movement within the global anarchist upsurge, and unearths the colourful activities of New Zealand’s most radical advocates for social and economic change. Includes illustrations by Icky from Justseeds and a foreword by Barry Pateman (Kate Sharpley Library Archivist and Associate Editor at the Emma Goldman Papers).

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Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 9; title: Foreword by Barry Pateman
pagenum: 11; title: Introduction
pagenum: 17; label: 1
title: Rising expectations and dashed hopes
pagenum: 23; label: 2
title: Glasgow and the anarchists
pagenum: 29; label: 3
title: A workingman’s paradise?
pagenum: 39; label: 4
title: Wellington’s working-class counter-culture
pagenum: 51; label: 5
title: To hell with law and authority
pagenum: 65; label: 6
title: An agent of freedom
pagenum: 103; label: 7
title: No war but class war
pagenum: 113; label: 8
title: Parasites, anarchists, and other IWW types
pagenum: 125; label: 9
title: Loose ends
pagenum: 135; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 143; title: APPENDICES; title: Trades unionism in New Zealand: Is it a failure
pagenum: 149; title: The general strike as a weapon against conscription
pagenum: 152; title: List of books and papers found in Philip Josephs’ possession
pagenum: 155; title: Endnotes
pagenum: 159; title: Illustration sources
pagenum: 174