The London Years - Brossura

Rocker, Rudolf

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ISBN 10: 0907123309 ISBN 13: 9780907123309

Casa editrice: Five Leaves Publications, 2004

Riassunto

The London Years is the autobiography of a remarkable man and a window into a long-forgotten world. Introduction by Colin Ward Rocker was active at a time of mass immigration by impoverished Jews, who were persecuted by the right-wing press and an "anti-alien" movement which brought in the first immigration controls. Despite this difficult arena, Rocker united the tailoring trades in a mass general strike which abolished the sweatshop system in the UK. His movement was brought to a close by Government action that closed his journals and detained Rocker for years as an enemy alien. The London Years chronicles that time.

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Recensione

Rocker expresses throughout his faith in the capacity of ordinary people to construct for themselves a world suited to their inner needs, to create and participate in an advancing culture of liberation in free communities. Rocker's vision stands in opposition to all the dominant tendencies in modern social and political thought. --Noam Chomsky

L'autore

Rudolf Rocker was a German radical who became the leader of the Yiddish-speaking Jewish anarchists in London. He introduced this mass movement to world literature, organised demonstrations of up to 25,000 against the contemporary Russian pogroms, edited Yiddish and cultural journals and set up Jewish trade unions.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Five Leaves Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0907123309
• ISBN 13: 9780907123309
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 320
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