MOTHER EARTH was launched in 1906 by Emma Goldman as a forum for thinkers, poets, and artists who had a shared interest in anarchism. Goldman was a Lithuanian-born American thinker who identified as an anarchist, activist, and community organizer and was a prominent figure in political and social movements that challenged the social and political status quo. As an anarchist, Goldman's belief in absolute freedom from governments and corporate structures that served the powerful and exploited the poor and dispossessed shaped her life-long activism. She fought for social justice at the dawn of the 20th century, —when corporate exploitation of Earth and person were rampant and unchecked.

This publication is launched anew in the spirit of her compassionate worldview. We understand from her story and the historical context that unfolded in the years following her life that anarchism is not necessarily an effective political position, nor does it provide a reasonable framework for rethinking state organization. Rather, it is most effective as a moral attitude taken up in contradiction to the tendency toward abuse that is inherent in all power, as a repellent to all forms of hatred and greed, and as a challenge alive in each of us to the dominance of authority in all its forms over the imperatives of human life and dignity.

We are deeply interconnected beings—each of us co-creating everything in our world at every moment. We believe in the power of intersectional inclusivity, that the stories of those most impacted and harmed by the dynamics of our society will illuminate the path toward its healing, repair, and progress, in part by highlighting intersectional privilege, the positions of accountability and responsibility.

In the first issue of Mother Earth (published in 1906), Goldman wrote that “the way history is written will depend altogether on whatever purpose the writers have in view.”

We aim to create a platform that gives space to marginal perspectives and critical points of view, without sacrificing intentional efforts to contribute to the regeneration of human dignity, connectedness, and healing. Here is a place to share stories, hopes and fears, joy and grief, and connect those with our visions for compassion, justice, and accountability in every sphere of life. And, as Emma Goldman did throughout most of her life, we reject all forms of physical and non-physical violence. Violence is, after all, the ultimate tyranny.