The London Years
by Rudolf Rocker
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Rudolf Rocker, a German Catholic fleeing political persecution, moved to London to become the acknowledged leader of the Yiddish-speaking Jewish anarchists. There, at a time of mass immigration by impoverished Jews--persecuted by a right-wing press and an "anti-alien" movement--he organized demonstrations of up to 25,000 against the contemporary Russian pogroms. Rocker established the Jewish Bakers Union in a community action where housewives would only buy union label bread, and most show more famously, in 1912, organized a general strike of Jewish tailors, which abolished the sweatshop system.The London Years is the autobiography of a remarkable man and chronicles this vanished world. Rudolf Rocker, the main theorist of anarcho-syndicalism, edited numerous Yiddish political and cultural journals. show lessTags
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Autobiography of an anarcharist who identified with Jews
German radical who led Yiddish-speaking Jewish anarchists in London 19th-20c
German radical who led Yiddish-speaking Jewish anarchists in London 19th-20c
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One of the most risible features of rock culture is to see youthful entertainers proclaiming themselves to be anarchists. They should be made to read Fermin Rocker's The East End Years (Freedom Press £7.95). Rocker is a painter and book illustrator who was brought up in a Jewish anarchist family in London's East End. Now in his 90th year, Rocker relates his father's political activities - the show more marches, the speeches in Hyde Park, the "Siege of Sidney Street" and his father's internment during the First World War.
This is real history - a time and a place brought to life through description of human feelings. show less
This is real history - a time and a place brought to life through description of human feelings. show less
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Rudolf Rocker (1873-1958) was politically active in Britain, Germany and the United States for more than half a century. His prolific lectures and writings made him one of the best-known proponents of liberty and freedom
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