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Ahrne Thorne

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Ahrne Thorne
Born
Ahrne Thorenberg

(1904-12-26)December 26, 1904
Łódź, Poland
DiedDecember 13, 1985(1985-12-13) (aged 80)
Other namesP. Constan
Occupations
  • Newspaper editor
  • Writer
  • Typesetter
  • Printer
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

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Thorne 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][11]

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References

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  1. ^ "Ahrne Thorne (1904–1985)". Bollettino (in Italian) (15). Archivo G. Pinelli. April 2000.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ahrne Thorne, Editor Of Anarchist Journal". The New York Times. December 16, 1985. pp. B18.
  3. ^ "Ahrne Thorne Dead at 81". Jewish Telegraph Agency. January 8, 1986.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Avrich 1997, pp. 9–10.
  6. ^ Avrich 1997, pp. 8–9.
  7. ^ Avrich 1997, pp. 10–11.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Ahrne Thorne" (PDF). Freedom. Vol. 47, no. 6. London. July 1986. p. 19.
  10. ^ Avrich 1997, p. 14.
  11. ^ "Recent Deaths - Issue 322, Winter-Spring, 1986". Fifth Estate Magazine. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

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