11 Facts About Irwin Silber

Irwin Silber was an American Communist, editor, publisher, and political activist.

Irwin Silber was born in New York City, to Jewish parents.

Irwin Silber ultimately severed his ties with the CPUSA in 1955.

Irwin Silber attended Brooklyn College, where he was instrumental in establishing the American Folksay Group.

Irwin Silber began to write on more directly political subjects, specializing in analysis of both national and international developments and developing a broad and appreciative readership.

Irwin Silber became the Guardian's executive editor in 1972 and led it into the milieu of the New Communist Movement.

Factional disagreements led to a split within the Guardian staff, and Irwin Silber left the newspaper in 1979, moving to California to join the leadership of a current within US Marxism known as the "rectification movement" and he affiliated with the Line of March.

Dane produced nearly 50 LPs, and Irwin Silber handled the promotion and distribution.

Irwin Silber's only non-political book in the last 20 years is A Patient's Guide to Hip and Knee Replacement based on his own experience with these operations.

Irwin Silber lived in Oakland with his wife, folk singer Barbara Dane, from 1980 until his death.

Irwin Silber died on September 8,2010 in Oakland at the age of 84.