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 #2083
John Pilger tribute
One of the greatest journalists of our era has died. John Pilger, powerful critical journalist, prolific author, world-changing filmmaker, foreign and war correspondent died in...
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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 #2205
Dolly Parton: Working class hero
The tributes to Dolly Parton since her death on 25 August have dwelt on her songs and on the causes now attached to her name:...
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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...
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Issue #2078
LETTER
Dear Editor, Thank you for printing an obituary to my grandfather Savvas Lioupas in your recent issue. My pappou was a special, wise and determined...
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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 #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.
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 #2143
Pope Francis complicit in Argentina’s brutal military dictatorship
Pope Francis has died. He is mourned and remembered as a great man who loved the ill and destitute, washing and kissing the feet of...
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Issue #2110
Nguyen Phu Trong: Great Marxist-Leninist
The communist world is rattled and shaken by the death of Nguyen Phu Trong. Born in 1944, from an “average peasant” family background, Nguyen Phu...
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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 #2163
Tom Lehrer, a belated ‘vale’
Tom Lehrer died at the age of 97, on 26 July, which is both a good innings and a while ago for an obituary, but...
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Issue #2178
Vale Michael Parenti
Michael Parenti, Phd, economist, prolific author, and unyielding educator whose orthodox Marxist-Leninist analyses illuminated the hidden workings of imperialist power for generations, died on the...
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Issue #2178
World mourns Michael Parenti
Born in 1933 in New York City to a working-class Italian American family, Michael Parenti often said that his political commitments were grounded not in...
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Issue #2171
Dick Cheney 1941 – 2025
“true dereliction, negligence, and irresponsibility: at worst, lying, incompetence, and corruption.” That’s how the career of Dick Cheney, who has just passed away at the...
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Issue #2093
Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC MBE DSG 1932-2024
On 4 February 2024, in Tartanya, (Adelaide), on Kaurna country, a great Aboriginal leader and highly honoured Australian, Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue, passed away. Her state...
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Issue #2155
Hannah Middleton: a celebration
Hannah Middleton (1942 – 2025) was the Communist Party of Australia’s first woman General Secretary and President. She was also editor of this paper, Guardian,...
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Issue #2117
Homage to Comrade Sitaram Yechury
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its profound grief at the passing away of Comrade Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of...
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Issue #2091
Vale Mick OíShea, shearer, union leader, Dubbo local
It is with deep sorrow and profound respect that the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) announces the passing of Michael Joseph O’Shea, affectionately known as Mick...
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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 #2096
Haarootune (Harry) Ohannes Koopelian
Harry Koopelian passed away on the 8th March, 2024 in Gladesville (Sydney) after a long illness. Harry joined the Socialist Party of Australia in the...
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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 #2142
Obituary for Maria Hilario
In late February this year, the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) lost a great campaigner, worker, enthusiast, for women’s rights, and more recently Cuba, Venezuela...
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Issue #2201
Vale Bevan Ramsden
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Bevan Ramsden passed away on 27 July 2026. Bevan was an integral member of...
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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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Issue #2109
Vale comrade Nguyen Phu Trong
Condolences It is with great sorrow that we received the sad news of the passing of Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, the General Secretary of the...
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Issue #2075
Obituary: Savvas Lioupas
Community and political activist, union delegate and shop steward, Victorian Party President, ACTU delegate, passionate about family and sport, always a warm, wise, and generous...
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Issue #2084
Vale Joan Marjorie Coxsedge
Joan Coxsedge was born in Ballarat, Victoria. She was a driving force in the Save Our Sons Movement which opposed conscription for the Vietnam War,...
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Issue #2097
Statement on the death of the activist, Comrade Mahmoud Al-Aqqad, member of the Central Committee of the Palestinian Communist Party
It is with great sadness that the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Communist Party, members of the party, and its youth received news of the death...
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Issue #2165
Vale Beryl Miller
The Guardian is sorry to report the passing of one of the Party’s longest serving members, Beryl Miller, who has died aged 99 in South...
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Issue #2150
Vale Dr Hannah Middleton
Dr Hannah Middleton served as President of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) 1993-2009, and in 2009, after the death of the long-time General Secretary,...
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Issue #2146
Vale Ian MacLeod 1932-2025
Sadly on the 15th May 2025 the Australian and international working class lost a staunch supporter for peace, friendship, and socialism with the passing of...
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Issue #2146
Statement from the State of Palestine
With deep sorrow and regret, the General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, and all its staff mourn the passing away...
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Issue #2146
Vale Ali Kazak!
The CPA Central Committee is saddened by the passing of former Palestinian ambassador to Australia Ali Kazak. During his time in office, we had the...
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Issue #2155
Vale Jimmy Donovan 1940 – 2025
The MUA is mourning the loss of Jimmy Donavan, a former WWF and MUA Sydney Branch official, lifelong member of the Communist Party, and a...
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Issue #2206
Vale Ray Ferguson
It is sad news that on 4 September Comrade Ray Ferguson passed away. He was a great comrade and a dear friend to those who...
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Issue #2137
Maria Hilario
The Guardian was saddened to hear of the passing of Maria Hilario, a staunch member of the Communist Party of Australia, and a good friend...
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