- Roger Protz
Roger Protz is a British writer, journalist and campaigner.
He joined the
Labour Party Young Socialists and became editor of its newspaper, "New Advance". While remaining in the Labour Party, he joined theTrotskyist Socialist Labour League (SLL). In 1961, he resigned from "New Advance" to become the editor of the SLL's youth newspaper, "Keep Left". [http://www.whatnextjournal.co.uk/Pages/Healy/Chap6.html] He was sacked from that, he says, for being too left-wing.Within a few years, he moved to the rival Revolutionary Socialist League, where in 1964 he became the founding editor of "Militant". [http://archive.workersliberty.org/publications/readings/trots/militant.html] After leaving the RSL, he joined the International Socialists where in 1969 he became the editor of "
Socialist Worker ". He was expelled from the editor's role in 1974, and soon afterwards from the party, going on to found the Workers League.He was an early member of the
Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in 1971, and has written several books onbeer andpub s. He is the editor of CAMRA's "Good Beer Guide ", and is a writer on beer in the UK and regularly contributes to "The Guardian ".In the mid-1970s, he was a tutor in magazine journalism at the
London College of Printing .Protz also frequently contributes article to website "beer-pages", which he co-edits with
Tom Cannavan . He writes a weekly column for the "Morning Advertiser ," a monthly column for "What's Brewing", and also contributes to "Beers of the World" and "All About Beer" (US). In March 2007, he lectured on the history of beer to theSmithsonian Institution inWashington DC . In 1988 he founded the British Guild of Beer Writers and was chairman of the Guild 2000-2003. His awards include two golden and five silver tankards from the Guild and he was named Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the Year in 1997 and 2004.He is married and has two children and lives in
St Albans .Publications
*Roger Protz, The Complete Guide to World Beer. ISBN 1-84442-865-6.
*Roger Protz, Classic Stout and Porter. ISBN 1-85375-220-7.External links
* [http://www.beer-pages.com/roger.htm Short biography of beer related activities on beer-pages.com]
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