Rose Street Club
The Rose Street Club (sometimes the International Rose Street Club and earlier the Local Rights Association for Rental and Sanitary Reform) was a far-left, anarchist organisation based in what is now Manette Street, London. Originally centred around London's German community, and acting as a meeting point for new immigrants, it became one of the leading radical clubs of Victorian London in the late-nineteenth century. Although its roots went back to the 1840s, it was properly formed in 1877 by members of a German émigré workers' education group, which soon became frequented by London radicals, and within a few years had led to the formation of similar clubs, sometimes in support and sometimes in rivalry. The Rose Street Club provided a platform for the radical speakers and agitators of the day and produced its own paper, —which was distributed over Europe, and especially Germany—and pamphlets for other groups and individuals. Although radical, the club initially focused ...
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Johann Most
Johann Joseph "Hans" Most (February 5, 1846 – March 17, 1906) was a German-American Social Democratic and then anarchism, anarchist politician, newspaper editor, and orator. He is credited with popularizing the concept of "propaganda of the deed". His grandson was Boston Celtics radio play-by-play man Johnny Most. Biography Early years According to biographer Frederic Trautmann, Johann Joseph Most was born Legitimacy (family law), out of wedlock to a governess and a Clerk (position), clerk, in Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, Bavaria.Frederic Trautmann, ''The Voice of Terror: A Biography of Johann Most.'' Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980, , , p. 4. Most's mother died of cholera when he was very young. Most was subjected to physical abuse by his stepmother and a schoolteacher;Trautmann, ''The Voice of Terror,'' p. 5. his aversion to religion earned him more beatings at school. To the end of his life Most was "a militant atheist with the zeal of a religious fanaticism, religio ...
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