The Guardian • obituary
Issue #1957
Gilda Chacón
“The physical disappearance of our dear colleague Gilda Chacón Bravo constitutes a sensitive loss for the Cuban and International Trade Union Movement.”
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Issue #2036
Comrade Jiang Zemin: a retrospective
On the last day of November, 2022, Comrade Jiang Zemin died in Shanghai. He was 96 years old, and at the time of writing the...
Read moreAuschwitz liberator dies at 98
David Dushman, [one of] the last surviving Soviet soldier involved in the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, has died in Germany, aged 98.
Read moreMikis Theodorakis: of his times and for the people
On 2nd September, the internationally renowned Greek composer, Mikis Theodorakis passed away in Athens aged ninety-six years.
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Issue #2013
Vale Max Hunt
For nearly four decades, Max Hunt worked quietly and with utter dedication and reliability for the Communist Party of Australia, including wrapping and posting copies...
Read moreVale Fred Paterson
Born on the 13th June 1897 on a pig farm at Gladstone, Fred Paterson became the first communist elected to a state parliament in Australia.
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Issue #1989
Rob Gowland: a life of quiet, committed struggle
Robert Leslie Gowland, or Rob as friends and comrades call him, used to say he was born into the Party.
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Issue #2019
Memorial held in Sydney for beloved comrade
A mass memorial was held for Sydney environmental and trade union activist Ishtiaq Varlin, 28, on Saturday 6th August at Alexandria town hall following his...
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Issue #1957
Vale Gilda Chacón-Bravo
It was with great sadness we received the news in Australia of the passing of comrade Gilda Chacón on the 8th April 2021.
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Issue #2066
Vale Peter Andrew
That’s what Boss Tweed demanded of his goons, but the cartoons exposing his gangster rule over politics kept coming. Tweed was a US politician most...
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Issue #2044
Obituary: Mary Lioupas
Community and political activist, union shop steward, strong and determined leader, catering manager, impressive fundraiser, generous donor and always a warm comrade. Mary Kalaitzis was...
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Issue #2067
Dr John Patrick Berwick
John Berwick was born in 1951 in Sydney, His family was working class, and his Aboriginal father was a professional boxer. The eldest of six...
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