She advocated the Catholic theory of “distributism” as an alternative to capitalism or socialism. The anarcho-syndicalist ideas of Peter Kropotkin, Tolstoy and the International Workers of the World influenced her. Although her faith inspired her actions, her pursuit of social justice and the protection of human dignity had most of all a secular motivation.
Having defied gender and political norms for some 30 years, she converted to Catholicism and, with Peter Maurin, co-founded the Catholic Worker newspaper and movement, aiming to expose and reform the injustices of capitalism and to combat American industry’s terrible effects on the poor.Ī lifelong pacifist, Day’s protests against racism, war and injustices of all kinds frequently landed her in jail. Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a brilliant, radical American social activist, writer and journalist.
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