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Road to Freedom was a monthly anarchist political journal published by Hippolyte Havel. The journal is known as the successor to Emma Goldman's Mother Earth .

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Road to Freedom existed between 1924 and May 1932. [1] [2] The founder was the Francisco Ferrer Association. [1] The journal was first published in Stelton, New Jersey, and then in New York City. [1] Its contributors included Rose Pesotta, Joseph Spivak, Hippolyte Havel and S Van Valkenburgh. Until February 1929 Hippolyte Havel edited the magazine. [2] A weekly newspaper, Freedom, succeeded Road to Freedom.

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  1. 1 2 3 Paul Buhle (1969). "Introduction to The Road to Freedom". Libcom. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Elaine Leeder. Gentle General, The: Rose Pesotta, Anarchist and Labor Organizer. SUNY Press. p. 107. ISBN   978-1-4384-1035-7 . Retrieved 4 January 2016.