| Ahrne Thorne | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ahrne Thorenberg (1904-12-26)December 26, 1904 Łódź, Poland |
| Died | December 13, 1985(1985-12-13) (aged 80) The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | P. Constan |
| Occupations |
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| Spouse |
Paula Konstantinovskaya
(m. 1935) |
Ahrne Thorne (December 26, 1904 – December 13, 1985) was a Polish-born American anarchist newspaper editor and writer. He was assistant editor of the anarchist Yiddish-language newspaper Fraye Arbeter Shtime from 1952 to 1957, and editor from 1975 until it ceased publication in 1977.
Biography
Thorne was born Ahrne Thorenberg in Łódź, Poland on December 26, 1904, to a middle class orthodox Hasidic Jewish family. In his teens he moved to Paris, abandoned his Hasidic background and became an anarchist in response to the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. His sister, who remained in Poland, later died in Auschwitz. In 1930 he moved to Toronto, became a friend of Emma Goldman, and began contributing to Fraye Arbeter Shtime, alongside other papers. He often wrote under the pen name P. Constan. From 1940 until 1974 he worked in New York City as a typesetter and printer for the Jewish Daily Forward. Thorne was interviewed for the documentary The Free Voice of Labour: The Jewish Anarchists. He died from cancer December 13, 1985, aged 80, at home in the Bronx.
See also
References
- "Ahrne Thorne (1904–1985)". Bollettino (in Italian) (15). Archivo G. Pinelli. April 2000.
- ^ "Ahrne Thorne, Editor Of Anarchist Journal". The New York Times. December 16, 1985. pp. B18.
- "Ahrne Thorne Dead at 81". Jewish Telegraph Agency. January 8, 1986.
- ^ Avrich, Paul (April 1997). "Ahrne Thorne: Immigrant movement dies with Jewish anarchist editor". The Dandelion. Vol. 6, no. 21. pp. 6, 8 – via Internet Archive.
- Avrich 1997, pp. 9–10.
- Avrich 1997, pp. 8–9.
- Avrich 1997, pp. 10–11.
- Shenker, Israel (June 5, 1977). "Anarchy's the Rule as Anarchists Gather for a Banquet in New York". The New York Times. p. 59. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
- "Ahrne Thorne" (PDF). Freedom. Vol. 47, no. 6. London. July 1986. p. 19.
- Avrich 1997, p. 14.
- "Recent Deaths - Issue 322, Winter-Spring, 1986". Fifth Estate Magazine. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
Further reading
- Avrich, Paul (1988). "Preface". Anarchist Portraits. Princeton University Press. p. xiii. doi:10.1515/9780691221359-002. ISBN 978-0-691-04753-9. OCLC 1206240793.
- ————— (1995). "Ahrne Thorne". Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America. Princeton University Press. pp. 54–58. doi:10.1515/9780691227580-019. ISBN 978-0-691-03412-6. OCLC 466742103.