The Bolshevik Myth2015

<p>After being imprisoned in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for his role in opposing mandatory conscription following the U.S. entry into World War I, <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/alexander-berkman">Alexander Berkman</a> became one of 246 left-wing radicals (including his fellow anarchist and lover <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/emma-goldman">Emma Goldman</a>) deported to Russia in December 1919 aboard the U.S.S. <i>Buford</i>. While initially an enthusiastic supporter of the revolutionary Bolshevik regime, Berkman’s travels throughout Russia and Ukraine led to increasing discomfort with the authoritarianism and corruption characteristic of Bolshevik rule. Eventually, the violent suppression of the Kronstadt rebellion completely broke his support for the...