29 May 2019

Obituary: John Boots (1942-2019)

John first became politically active during the great anti-poll tax movement of the 1990s

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29 May 2019

Obituary: Pauline Dunlop (1947-2019)

Pauline was a stalwart Militant-supporting Labour councillor in the 1980s struggle to defend Liverpool from Thatcherism

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13 March 2019

Obituary Joan Beale - Labour women's activist and Militant supporter

An active supporter of Militant (forerunner of the Socialist Party) in Lancashire in the 1970s and 80s, Joan Beale sadly passed away last month. Although her health had not been good in recent years, her death was sudden and unexpected.

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12 December 2018

Obituary - Beth Roper (1990-2018) - comrade, friend and fighter

Comrades in South Wales are mourning the loss of Beth Roper, who was suddenly taken from us in an accident on a train on 1 December at the age of just 28

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4 September 2018

Obituary: Stan Herschel

Prior to his early retirement due to ill health Stan was the RMT union's regional organiser. He was a towering figure in the labour movement.

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25 July 2018

Obituary: Ged Travers 1957-2018

Socialist Party members in Coventry were saddened to learn that Ged Travers passed away on Saturday 14 July, after two years of a brave and dignified struggle against cancer.

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9 May 2018

Obituary: Tony Byrne 1939 - 2018

The labour movement has suffered a blow by the death of our good comrade, ex-Liverpool city Labour councillor Tony Byrne.

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7 May 2018

Keith Pattenden

Keith, a former Socialist Party worker and secretary of east London party branch, finally succumbed to lung cancer

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7 May 2018

Roger Shrives, 5 April 1947 - 1 May 2018

Roger, a very long standing member of the Socialist Party has sadly passed away

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2 May 2018

Obituary: Roy Corke 1945-2018

Wirral Socialist Party members were shocked to hear of the unexpected death of Roy Corke

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4 April 2018

Obituary: Lorraine Dardis (1965-2018)

Lorraine Dardis, a founding member of our US co-thinkers, now known as Socialist Alternative, has tragically died, aged only 53

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21 March 2018

Revolutionary physicist and champion of social causes

Obituary - Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018: A lack of the condescension that oozed from most popular science programmes and books, coupled with his outspoken criticism of capitalism, helped cement the groundbreaking cosmologist's huge popularity

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28 February 2018

Mary Jackson: funeral and memorial meeting

150 people attended Mary's funeral, including a delegation from transport union RMT, reflecting the enormous love and respect she was held in by family, friends and comrades

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24 January 2018

Obituary: Maureen Mulhearn 1945-2018

It is with great sorrow that we report the death of Maureen Mulhearn, lifelong partner of Tony Mulhearn

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22 January 2018

Red Mary - a Force of Nature

Longstanding Doncaster Socialist Party member Mary Jackson was a working class fighter and an eternal optimist in a socialist future

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8 November 2017

Obituary: Paul Randall, 1959-2017

Paul Randall was a former sheet metal worker and founding member of our Huddersfield branch in the 1980s

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3 November 2017

Obituary: Derek Robinson, car workers' leader, 1927-2017

Derek Robinson, one of the most famous trade unionists of the 1970s, has died aged 90

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24 May 2017

Obituary: Rhodri Morgan 1939-2017, architect of the 'Welsh Labour' brand

Rhodri operated in a period before austerity, when some small reforms could be delivered without a major battle - but had also started implementing cuts

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29 March 2017

Martin McGuinness: from IRA leader to Stormont minister

The funeral of Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and former deputy first minister of Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive, took place on 23 March

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24 March 2017

Obituary: Brenda Proctor 1950-2017

Brenda played a heroic role in building the miners' wives support group at Florence pit

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