Sam Dolgoff (10 October 1902 – 15 October 1990) was an

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and anarcho-syndicalist from Russia who grew up, lived and was active in the United States.

Biography

Dolgoff was born in the

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of Ostrovno in Mogilev Governorate,

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(in present-day Beshankovichy Raion,

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), moving as a child to

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in 1905 or 1906, where he lived in the

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and in

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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. After being expelled from the Young People's Socialist League, Sam joined the

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in 1922 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. 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 Communism'' in the 1930s, and co-founded the Libertarian League in 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's Libertarian Book Club regularly. 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, ). * ''Third World Nationalism and the State'' (Anarchist Communist Federation of North America) (1983)

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Papers, 1874–1991 (bulk 1937–1977)
at the

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Wagner Archives
Sam Dolgoff, Collected Works and Info
on RevoltLib.com
An obituary and short biography of Sam Dolgoff
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Biography

Selected bibliography

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