On October 26, 2025, the Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute (SEDI) hosted historian Mark Leier for a rich and provocative discussion on Mikhail Bakunin—philosopher, agitator, exile, and one of the most misunderstood revolutionaries of the nineteenth century. Drawing on his biography Bakunin: The Creative Passion, Leier unraveled the myths that have long haunted Bakunin’s reputation—from the caricature of a “prophet of destruction” to the false dichotomy between anarchism and Marxism. Through c...
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On October 26, 2025, the Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute (SEDI) hosted historian Mark Leier for a rich and provocative discussion on Mikhail Bakunin—philosopher, agitator, exile, and one of the most misunderstood revolutionaries of the nineteenth century. Drawing on his biography Bakunin: The Creative Passion, Leier unraveled the myths that have long haunted Bakunin’s reputation—from the caricature of a “prophet of destruction” to the false dichotomy between anarchism and Marxism. Through c...
From Wobbly to Informant: SEDI Hosts Mark Leier on Robert Gosden
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From Wobbly to Informant: SEDI Hosts Mark Leier on Robert Gosden
On July 27th, 2025, the Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute (SEDI) hosted labor historian and anarchist writer Mark Leier for a riveting talk on the life and contradictions of Robert Raglan Gosden—Wobbly, saboteur, free speech fighter, draft evader, police informant, and mystic. Drawing from extensive archival research and his biography Rebel Life, Leier traced Gosden’s trajectory from militant IWW organizer in British Columbia and San Diego, to an advocate of sabotage and general strikes, to hi...
Cyber Dandy
On October 26, 2025, the Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute (SEDI) hosted historian Mark Leier for a rich and provocative discussion on Mikhail Bakunin—philosopher, agitator, exile, and one of the most misunderstood revolutionaries of the nineteenth century. Drawing on his biography Bakunin: The Creative Passion, Leier unraveled the myths that have long haunted Bakunin’s reputation—from the caricature of a “prophet of destruction” to the false dichotomy between anarchism and Marxism. Through c...
