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Libertarian Book Club And League
The Libertarian Book Club and Libertarian League were two postwar anarchist groups in New York City associated with Sam and Esther Dolgoff. Libertarian Book Club The Libertarian Book Club was an anarchist circle in postwar New York City. Established by Sam and Esther Dolgoff in 1945 at the behest of Grigorii Maksimov, the group held monthly discussion fora and social events in a rented Workmen's Circle room and served as a social center for a small, aging group of immigrant radicals whom the Dolgoffs knew from their work on '' Road to Freedom'' and ''Vanguard''. Sicilian-born anarchist Valerio Isca was one of the co-founders. The Libertarian Book Club published multiple volumes and distributed domestically other major books and international publications from the anarchist movement. The publisher reprinted Steven T. Byington's English translation of Paul Eltzbacher's ''Anarchism'' in 1960. Libertarian League In 1954, the Dolgoffs and anarchist Russell Blackwell form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanguard Group (anarchist)
The Vanguard Group was an anarchist political group active during the 1930s, which published the periodical ''Vanguard Journal, Vanguard: Journal of Libertarian Communism'', led by Sam Dolgoff (aka Sam Weiner, editor of ''Vanguard''). Vanguard was for a time, during the 1930s, the leading English-language anarchist youth organization in New York City. History In 1927, the Rising Youth Group was founded in New York City, New York by Sara and Elizabeth Goodman, two young Jewish anarchism, Jewish anarchists frustrated with the older generation. By 1929 the group had dissolved and were succeeded by the Bronx-based Friends of Freedom, which became the Vanguard Group in 1932. Despite this new group's inheritance of its predecessor's frustration with their elders, the articles published in their periodical still bore a resemblance to those being published by ''Road to Freedom (journal), Road to Freedom'' and they were themselves inspired by older Jewish anarchist theoreticians such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven T
Stephen or Steven is an English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or " protomartyr") of the Christian Church. The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ( ); related names that have found some currency or significance in English include Stefan (pronounced or in English), Esteban (often pronounced ), and the Shakespearean Stephano ( ). Origins The name "Stephen" (and its com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Disestablishments In New York (state)
Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 29 – Tampere Ice Stadium, Hakametsä, the first ice rink of Finland, is inaugurated in Tampere. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
