Jewish anarchist Rudolf Rocker (1873-1958) remembered in East London beer
Rudolf Rocker was a Jewish anarchist who organised and agitated in London’s East End before the First World War:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Rocker
He was interned at Alexandra Palace from late 1914 until 1918 and unsurprisingly after that left the UK.
He has now been remembered in a beer brewed by the Tottenham Brewery One Mile End who also run the White Hart pub at that address. Rocker lived and was politically active in Stepney during his London years.
Its an interesting way of bringing London’s radical history alive to a new generation who are unlikely to have heard of Rocker.
The beer itself was a 5.7% winter spiced ale when first brewed in 2016 but in 2021 seems to be a 5% American Pale Ale
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