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{{Short description|American | {{Short description|American anarcho-syndicalist (1902–1990)}} | ||
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'''Sam Dolgoff''' (10 October 1902 – 15 October 1990)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolgoff, Sam, 1902-1990 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86093012.html |website=Library of Congress |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref> was | '''Sam Dolgoff''' (10 October 1902 – 15 October 1990)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolgoff, Sam, 1902-1990 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86093012.html |website=Library of Congress |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref> was a Russian-born American painter and [[anarcho-syndicalist]]. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Dolgoff was born in the [[shtetl]] of [[Beshankovichy Raion|Ostrovno]] in [[Mogilev Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]] (in present-day [[Beshankovichy Raion]], [[Belarus]]),{{sfn|Avrich|2005|p=419}} moving as a child to [[New York City]] in 1905 or 1906,{{sfn|Avrich|2005|p=419}} where he lived in the [[Bronx]] and in [[Manhattan]]'s [[Lower East Side]] where he died. His father was a house painter, and Dolgoff began house painting at the age of 11, a profession he remained in his entire life.{{sfn|Avrich|2005|p=419}} | Dolgoff was born in the [[shtetl]] of [[Beshankovichy Raion|Ostrovno]] in [[Mogilev Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]] (in present-day [[Beshankovichy Raion]], [[Belarus]]),{{sfn|Avrich|2005|p=419}} moving as a child to [[New York City]] in 1905 or 1906,{{sfn|Avrich|2005|p=419}} where he lived in the [[Bronx]] and in [[Manhattan]]'s [[Lower East Side]] where he died. His father was a house painter, and Dolgoff began house painting at the age of 11, a profession he remained in his entire life.{{sfn|Avrich|2005|p=419}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:48, 20 December 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Template:Anarcho-syndicalism sidebar Sam Dolgoff (10 October 1902 – 15 October 1990)[1] was a Russian-born American painter and anarcho-syndicalist.
Biography
Dolgoff was born in the shtetl of Ostrovno in Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire (in present-day Beshankovichy Raion, Belarus),Template:Sfn moving as a child to New York City in 1905 or 1906,Template:Sfn where he lived in the Bronx and in Manhattan's Lower East Side where he died. His father was a house painter, and Dolgoff began house painting at the age of 11, a profession he remained in his entire life.Template:Sfn
After being expelled from the Young People's Socialist League, Sam joined the Industrial Workers of the World in 1922Template:Sfn and remained an active member his entire life, playing an active role in the anarchist movement for much of the century. He was a co-founder of the Libertarian Labor Review magazine, which was later renamed Anarcho-Syndicalist Review to avoid confusion with America's Libertarian Party.Template:Sfn
Dolgoff was a member of the Chicago Free Society Group in the 1920s, Vanguard Group member and editor of its publication Vanguard: A Journal of Libertarian CommunismTemplate:Sfn in the 1930s, and co-founded the Libertarian League in New York in 1954.Template:Sfn He wrote articles for anarchist magazines as well as books as the editor of anthologies, some of which are listed below. He was active in many causes, and attended groups like New York's Libertarian Book Club regularly.Template:Sfn
Dogloff died of congestive heart failure at the age of 88 in 1990.[2]
Selected bibliography
- Ethics and American Unionism (1958)
- The Labor Party Illusion (1961)
- Bakunin on Anarchy (1971; revised 1980)
- The Anarchist Collectives: Workers' Self-Management in the Spanish Revolution, 1936–1939 (1974)
- The Cuban Revolution: A Critical Perspective (1974)
- "American Labor Movement: Rebellion in the Ranks" Interrogations No. 3, 1975.
- The Relevance of Anarchism to Modern Society (1977)
- A Critique of Marxism (1983)
- "Modern Technology and Anarchism" (1986)
- Fragments: A Memoir (1986, Template:ISBN).
- Third World Nationalism and the State (Anarchist Communist Federation of North America) (1983)
See also
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External links
- Papers, 1874–1991 (bulk 1937–1977) at the New York University Wagner Archives
- Sam Dolgoff, Collected Works and Info on RevoltLib.com
- An obituary and short biography of Sam Dolgoff on libcom.org
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- 1902 births
- 1990 deaths
- 20th-century American historians
- 20th-century American Jews
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American trade unionists
- 20th-century anarchists
- 20th-century Belarusian Jews
- 20th-century Russian historians
- American anarchist writers
- American male non-fiction writers
- American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
- American syndicalists
- Anarcho-syndicalists
- Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
- Historians of anarchism
- House painters
- Industrial Workers of the World members
- Jewish American historians
- Jewish anarchists
- Jews from the Russian Empire
- People from Beshankovichy district
- People from Sennensky Uyezd
- Russian syndicalists