Irving Howe

Irving Howe (1920-1993), was born Irving Horenstein, the son of immigrants who ran a small grocery store that went out of business during the Great Depression.

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1920 - 1993 - Great Depression

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Howe entered radical politics as a member of the Young People's Socialist League and through it graduated to Max Shachtman's Workers Party and after 1948 the Independent Socialist League of which he was a central leader. He then left the ISL to begin the magazine Dissent.

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Young People's Socialist League - Max Shachtman - Workers Party - 1948 - Independent Socialist League - Dissent

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He graduated from City College in 1940, was the founding editor of Dissent Magazine, Distinguished Professor of Literature, City University of New York (CUNY). He was a noted editor of Yiddish literature who discovered the author Isaac Bashevis Singer for an English-speaking audience. Coined the phrase "New York Jewish Intellectual". Founded Democratic Socialists of America. He wrote an autobiography A Margin Of Hope (1982 ISBN 0151571384) as well as many other works, such as World of Our FathersISBN 0-8052-0928-X .

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1940 - Dissent Magazine - City University of New York - CUNY - Isaac Bashevis Singer - New York Jewish Intellectual - Democratic Socialists of America - A Margin Of Hope - 1982

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