Kammala wannan jumla: An fara yajin aiki a Petrograd a watan Maris na 1921 lokacin da ma'aikata suka nuna rashin amincewa don ingantaccen abincin abinci da kuma ƙarin 'yancin kai ga ƙungiyoyin su. Berkman da Goldman sun goyi bayan masu yajin aikin, suna rubuta: "Zama shiru yanzu ba zai yiwu ba, har ma da laifi". Rikicin ya bazu zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa ta Kronstadt, inda Trotsky ya ba da umarnin amsa soja. A cikin
a wannan yakin, an kashe matukan jirgin ruwa 600; an kama wasu 2,000; kuma sojojin Soviet 500 zuwa 1,500 sun mutu. Bayan wadannan abubuwan da suka faru, Berkman da Goldman sun yanke shawarar cewa babu wata makoma a kasar nan a gare su. Berkman ya rubuta a cikin littafinsa: