Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses Spring 7-6-2018 Anarchism on the Willamette: the Firebrand Newspaper and the Origins of a Culturally American Anarchist Movement, 1895-1898 Alecia Jay Giombolini Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the United States History Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Giombolini, Alecia Jay, "Anarchism on the Willamette: the Firebrand Newspaper and the Origins of a Culturally American Anarchist Movement, 1895-1898" (2018). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4471. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.6355 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. Anarchism on the Willamette: The Firebrand Newspaper and the Origins of a Culturally American Anarchist Movement, 1895-1898 by Alecia Jay Giombolini A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History Thesis Committee: Joseph Bohling, Chair Katrine Barber Catherine McNeur Cristine Paschild Portland State University 2018 © 2018 Alecia Jay Giombolini Abstract The Firebrand was an anarchist communist newspaper that was printed in Portland, Oregon from January 1895 to September 1897. The newspaper was a central catalyst behind the formation of the culturally American anarchist movement, a movement whose vital role in shaping radicalism in the United States during the Progressive Era has largely been ignored by historians.