Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:58:39 -0500
From: Sandi & Scott Spaeth <vespass-AT-swbell.net>
Subject: Re: Daily Bleed: 9/13 RUDOLF ROCKER


At 07:49 AM 9/14/00 +0000, Andy MCMLXVI wrote:



>>Daily Bleed in full,
>>http://www.recollectionbooks.com/bleed/0913.htm
>>
>>Excerpts:
>>
>>SEPTEMBER 13--RUDOLF ROCKER
>>  Leading American anarchist intellectual of
>>  mid-century.
>
>American? In what meaningful way??
>
>Born Mainz 1873.
>Moved to Paris 1892
>Moved to London 1895 where he learnt Yiddish
>Deported to Netherlands 1918 and returned to Germany
>Left Germany in 1933 for the USA [aged approx 60 yrs] and stayed there 
>'til his death.
>
>I reckon this makes his 'American-ness' [presumably he had to become a 
>citizen??] a fairly irrelevant descriptor.
>
>A pedantic point, I know, but describing an 'anarchist' in national terms 
>is a bit off. Especially as one of his most active periods was with the 
>displaced Jewish community in London's  East End. Is this part of the
>American tendency to annex all history? [c/f Enigma - the film??]
>
>Andy

Jealous?  I always thought it was odd to call Emma Goldman and Berkman 
"american anarchists" also, although they spent more time here than Rocker did.

cheers,
scott