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.
Ahrne Thorne | |
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| Born | Ahrne Thorenberg December 26, 1904 Łódź, Poland |
| Died | December 13, 1985 (aged 80) |
| Other names | P. Constan |
| Occupations |
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| Spouse |
Paula Konstantinovskaya
(m. 1935) |
Biography
editThorne was born Ahrne Thorenberg in Łódź, Poland on December 26, 1904, to a middle class orthodox Hasidic Jewish family.[1][2][3][4] In his teens he moved to Paris, abandoned his Hasidic background and became an anarchist in response to the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti.[2][4][5] His sister, who remained in Poland, later died in Auschwitz.[6] In 1930 he moved to Toronto, became a friend of Emma Goldman, and began contributing to Fraye Arbeter Shtime, alongside other papers.[7] He often wrote under the pen name P. Constan.[8] From 1940 until 1974 he worked in New York City as a typesetter and printer for the Jewish Daily Forward.[2][9] Thorne was interviewed for the documentary The Free Voice of Labour: The Jewish Anarchists.[10] He died from cancer December 13, 1985, aged 80, at home in the Bronx.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Ahrne Thorne (1904–1985)". Bollettino (in Italian) (15). Archivo G. Pinelli. April 2000.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b 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.
Further reading
edit- 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.