Sam Dolgoff

Sam Dolgoff(10 October 1902 – 15 October 1990)was ananarchistandanarcho-syndicalistfrom Russia who grew up, lived and was active in the United States.

Biography

Dolgoff was born in theshtetlofOstrovnoinMogilev Governorate,Russian Empire(in present-dayBeshankovichy Raion,Belarus),moving as a child toNew York Cityin 1905 or 1906,where he lived in theBronxand inManhattan'sLower East Sidewhere 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.

After being expelled from theYoung People's Socialist League,Sam joined theIndustrial Workers of the Worldin 1922and 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 theLibertarian Labor Reviewmagazine, which was later renamedAnarcho-Syndicalist Reviewto avoid confusion with America'sLibertarian Party.

Dolgoff was a member of theChicago Free Society Groupin the 1920s,Vanguard Groupmember and editor of its publicationVanguard: A Journal of Libertarian Communismin the 1930s, and co-founded theLibertarian Leaguein New York in 1954.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'sLibertarian Book Clubregularly.

Dogloff died of congestive heart failure at the age of 88 in 1990.

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,ISBN0-946222-04-5).
• Third World Nationalism and the State(Anarchist Communist Federation of North America) (1983)

See also

• Anarchism in the United States

Sources

• Avrich, Paul(2005).Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America.AK Press.ISBN978-1904859277.
• Cornell, Andrew (2016).Unruly Equality: U.S. Anarchism in the Twentieth Century.Oakland: University of California Press.ISBN978-0-520-28675-7.
• Dolgoff, Anatole (2016).Left of the Left: My Memories of Sam Dolgoff.Chico, CA:AK Press.ISBN9781849352482.OCLC923553775.
  • "Review: Left of the Left: My Memories of Sam Dolgoff By Anatole..."Rebel Worker.Vol. 35, no. 3. Australia: Anarcho-Syndicalist Network. 3 January 2018. pp. 16–17.(PDF)
  • Sucher, Joel."Left of the Left: My Memories of Sam Dolgoff (A Book Review)".HuffPost.
  • Conatz, Juan (19 July 2016)."A review of Left of the left: my memories of Sam Dolgoff by Anatole Dolgoff".libcom.org.
  • "Left of the Left: my memories of Sam Dolgoff [Book review]".Kate Sharpley Library Bulletin(90). 2017.ISSN1475-0309.
  • Gerould, Frank (11 July 2016)."Fellow Worker Sam Dolgoff (1902-1990)".Socialism Reaffirmed.
  • Clark, John (22 January 2017)."Sam Dolgoff: A Life at the center of American anarchism for seventy years".Fifth Estate Magazine.No. 397.
  • Dirnbach, Eric (February 28, 2017)."Facing the wind: the life of Wobbly organizer Sam Dolgoff".Roar.
  • Cole, Peter (2016)."Left of the Left: My Memories of Sam Dolgoff Review".Anarcho-Syndicalist Review.Vol. 68.
  • Cashbaugh, Sean (February 2017)."Review of Dolgoff, Anatole, Left of the Left: My Memories of Sam Dolgoff".H-Net.
  • Radosh, Allis (16 June 2018)."Free Radicals".Jewish Review of Books.pp. 22–24.(PDF)
• Kayton, Bruce (2003),Radical Walking Tours of New York City,Seven Stories Press,ISBN1-58322-554-4
• Porton, Richard (1999),Film and the Anarchist Imagination,Verso Books,ISBN1-85984-702-1

External links

• Papers, 1874–1991 (bulk 1937–1977)at theNew York UniversityWagner Archives
• Sam Dolgoff, Collected Works and Infoon RevoltLib.com
• An obituary and short biography of Sam Dolgoffon libcom.org