Cassius V. Cook (1879– March 1, 1950) was an American anarchist activist, writer and publisher. [1]
Cook grew up in Iowa before moving to Chicago and then California. He studied pharmacy at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco. [2]
He was an associate of Emma Goldman, raising her bond when she was arrested in San Francisco in 1909 after she came to the city for a series of lectures and debates organized by the San Francisco Social Science League, of which Cook was a member. [3] He later accompanied her to Seattle as part of a lecture tour. [4] When the San Francisco Free Speech League was formed after Goldman's arrest, he became its secretary. [3] The involvement of Cook and others in Goldman's defense was said to have "invigorated [Goldman] with a new sense of mission." [5]
He contributed writing to Mother Earth and was arrested for opposition to the First World War. [4]
He later settled in Vancouver, British Columbia where in 1913 he was secretary-treasurer of the Miners' Liberation League and worked for the Dr. Bell Electro Appliance Company from 1913 to 1916 according to city directories. [4]
Later in the decade, he edited The Libertarian Magazine in Seattle. [6]
In 1919, Cook was head of the Chicago office of the International Workers' Defence League and was involved in organizing to free or win a retrial for Thomas Mooney, who had been convicted and sentenced to death—commuted to life in prison—for the San Francisco Preparedness Day Bombing. [7]
Between the World Wars, Cook was a member of the anarchist Libertarian Society in Los Angeles. He was described as a "large, florid, and bombastic" man, who "wrote resolutions for meetings and conventions." [8]
Later in life, he was an advertising executive and secretary of Rocker Publications, which printed and promoted the work of Rudolf Rocker. [9]
He was living in Los Angeles when he died on March 1, 1950, and was survived by his wife Sadie, a sister, and two brothers. [9] His death was also noted by a short obituary in the London-based Freedom, an anarchist fortnightly newspaper. [10] His papers are part of the Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan. [1]
Cassius V. Cook (1879– March 1, 1950) was an American anarchist activist, writer and publisher. [1]
Cook grew up in Iowa before moving to Chicago and then California. He studied pharmacy at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco. [2]
He was an associate of Emma Goldman, raising her bond when she was arrested in San Francisco in 1909 after she came to the city for a series of lectures and debates organized by the San Francisco Social Science League, of which Cook was a member. [3] He later accompanied her to Seattle as part of a lecture tour. [4] When the San Francisco Free Speech League was formed after Goldman's arrest, he became its secretary. [3] The involvement of Cook and others in Goldman's defense was said to have "invigorated [Goldman] with a new sense of mission." [5]
He contributed writing to Mother Earth and was arrested for opposition to the First World War. [4]
He later settled in Vancouver, British Columbia where in 1913 he was secretary-treasurer of the Miners' Liberation League and worked for the Dr. Bell Electro Appliance Company from 1913 to 1916 according to city directories. [4]
Later in the decade, he edited The Libertarian Magazine in Seattle. [6]
In 1919, Cook was head of the Chicago office of the International Workers' Defence League and was involved in organizing to free or win a retrial for Thomas Mooney, who had been convicted and sentenced to death—commuted to life in prison—for the San Francisco Preparedness Day Bombing. [7]
Between the World Wars, Cook was a member of the anarchist Libertarian Society in Los Angeles. He was described as a "large, florid, and bombastic" man, who "wrote resolutions for meetings and conventions." [8]
Later in life, he was an advertising executive and secretary of Rocker Publications, which printed and promoted the work of Rudolf Rocker. [9]
He was living in Los Angeles when he died on March 1, 1950, and was survived by his wife Sadie, a sister, and two brothers. [9] His death was also noted by a short obituary in the London-based Freedom, an anarchist fortnightly newspaper. [10] His papers are part of the Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan. [1]