An excerpt from her bio by Hippolyte Havel, and the three pieces, "A Glance at Communism," "The Economics of Dyer D. Lum," and "The Individualist and the Communist." De Cleyre was remarkable for many things, not least of which were her capacities to learn, to write, and to change her mind publicly and articulately. Here she discusses what communism meant to her, a conversation that never stops needing to be had, apparently.