When the first series of my articles on Russia appeared, in 1922, and later when my book was published, I was bitterly attacked and denounced by American radicals of almost every camp. But I felt confident that the time would come when the mask would be torn from the false face of Bolshevism and the great delusion exposed. The time has come even sooner than I anticipated. In most civilized lands--in France, England, Germany, in the Scandinavian and Latin countries, even in America the fog of blind faith is gradually lifting. The reactionary character of the Bolshevik régime is being realized by the masses, its terrorism and persecution of non-Communist opinion condemned. The torture of the political victims of the dictatorship in the prisons of Russia, in the concentration camps of the frozen North and in Siberian exile, is rousing the conscience of the more progressive elements the world over. In almost every country societies for the defense and aid of the politicals imprisoned in Russia have been formed, with the object of securing their liberation and the establishment of freedom of opinion and expression in Russia. If my work will help in these efforts to throw light upon the real situation in Russia and to awaken the world to the true character of Bolshevism and the fatality of dictatorship--be it Fascist or Communist--I shall bear with equanimity the misunderstanding and misrepresentation of foe or friend. And I shall not regret the travail and struggle of spirit that produced this work, which now, after many vicissitudes, is at last complete in print. EMMA GOLDMAN. Berlin, June, 1924. CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE vii CHAPTER I. ODESSA 1 II. RETURNING TO MOSCOW 13 III. BACK IN PETROGRAD 27 IV. ARCHANGEL AND RETURN 41 V. DEATH AND FUNERAL OF PETER KROPOTKIN 54 VI. KRONSTADT 65 VII. PERSECUTION OF ANARCHISTS 78 VIII. TRAVELLING SALESMEN OF THE REVOLUTION 95 IX. EDUCATION AND CULTURE 110 X. EXPLOITING THE FAMINE 130 XI. THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC RESORTS TO DEPORTATION 136 XII. AFTERWORD 144 MY FURTHER DISILLUSIONMENT IN RUSSIA MY FURTHER DISILLUSIONMENT IN RUSSIA CHAPTER I ODESSA