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
An anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist of some prominence, whose politics had a major influence in the Spanish Civil War and the jewish émigré community in London, England (see The London Years). His political ideas had emerged from the failings of late 19th century Marxism/Social Democracy under the Germany's SPD, having seen firsthand the erosive influence of electoralism.
Would maintain lifelong relationships with Emma Goldman and Errico Malatesta among others.