Mick Woods, a comrade from Britain who had lived in Denmark for more than twenty years, died at the too young age of 64 in July. But its not only in Britain and Denmark that Mick is mourned - the proudest achievement of his political life was his involvement in International Workers’ Aid, a campaign of practical solidarity with multi-ethnic Bosnia. The tribute below, from Ulf B Andersson from Swedish Workers’ Aid, was read at his funeral by former Danish MEP Søren Sondergaard who first met Mick through the campaign. The second piece was written for his memorial meeting in London, also addressed by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell by Danish comrade Lone Degn. Establishing a proper archive for IWA would be the best tribute we could pay to Mick - Eds
Troglo: will, initiative and revolutionary generosity
9 April 2018, byJosé Ramón Castaños known as Troglo (1950-2018) was a long-time leader of the Fourth Internationalists in the Basque country. he died in April 2018.
On the death of Carl T Brecker, AIDC Chairperson 1996 – 2006
2 February 2018, by ,It is with a profound sense of sadness that we at AIDC have heard the news of the passing of Carl Brecker, the first Chairperson of the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC). We send our condolences to his family, especially his devoted daughters Tania and Dee, their children as well as his sister Valerie and her husband Ivan.
The greatest statesman of the last half-century
4 January 2017, byFidel Castro was by far the greatest statesman of this last half century. He was also the last of the great revolutionary leaders of the democratic revolutions of national liberation that began in 1910 with the Chinese, Persian and Mexican revolutions and during and after the Second World War led to the independence and unity of China and the independence of the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia, Indochina, the African colonies, Nasser’s Egypt and Algeria.
Fidel Castro: Undaunted Revolutionary
4 January 2017, byFidel Castro Ruz, Cuba’s revolutionary leader, president, and prime minister for five decades, died in Santiago de Cuba on Friday, Nov. 25. He was 90 years old. Although one of the most profound, clear-sighted, honest, and dedicated revolutionary leaders of the past half-century, Castro has been demonized by the corporate media as a dictator, tyrant, murderer, and torturer.
Trupti Shah (1962-2016) : Remembering a Comrade and a Loving Sister
30 May 2016, byTrupti I don’t whether this is an anecdote or how I saw in movements or how your smiling face and an ever optimism made me think positive. [1]
Trupti Shah (1962-2016): Communist, Feminist, Human Rights Activist, Fighter for Environmental Justice
30 May 2016, byThe movements for socialism, women’s liberation, secularism, environmental rights, all suffered profoundly with the demise of Trupti Shah on 26th May evening. [2]
Claude Gabriel, Claude Jacquin (1947-2016): Comrade, friend and mentor – an immense human being
2 May 2016, by ,This tribute was made at the the funeral of Claude Jacquin (see Claude Jacquin (Gabriel) — an internationalist commitment to the end) at Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris on 27th April 2016 by Brian Ashley and Mercia Andrews.
Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942-2016)
13 April 2016, byA brilliant Marxist historian and theorist, Ellen Meiksins Wood passed away January 14, after a long battle with cancer. As a friend and colleague Vivek Chibber stated, “Wood was a thinker of extraordinary range, writing with authority on Ancient Greece, early modern political thought, contemporary political theory, Marxism, and the structure and evolution of modern capitalism. But even more importantly, she was one of those few from the New Left who never relented in their commitment to socialist politics.” Ellen Wood is survived by her loving husband Ed Broadbent, a former Canadian MP and leader of the New Democratic Party, as well as two brothers, Peter and Robert Meiksins.