In the annals of radical history, Alexander Berkman's "Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist" stands as a searing indictment of the American penal system and a testament to the indomitable spirit of resistance. Berkman, a prominent anarchist and labor activist, was imprisoned for 14 years for his role in an assassination attempt on industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Within the grim confines of Western Penitentiary, he endured unimaginable hardships, including solitary confinement, brutal beatings, a...