“Bill lived Trotsky’s adage that all revolutionaries need a sense of proportion and a sense of humor.”
“One of the liberators of our country”
14 August 2021, byOtelo Saraiva de Carvalho was one of the architects of 25 April 1974. He died at the age of 84 in the Military Hospital in Lisbon. Catarina Martins, national coordinator of the Left Bloc, says Otelo deserves to be “remembered as one of the liberators of our country”.
Michel Husson, critical Marxist economist
21 July 2021, byMichel Husson, born 3 April 1949 in Lyons, died suddenly 18 July 2021.
Rayner O’Connor Lysaght Presente!
8 July 2021, by ,Daniel Rayner O’Connor Lysaght, 30 January 1941 (Llanishen, Cardiff) - 2 July 2021 (Dublin). Founding member of the Irish section of the Fourth International, historian notably of the Limerick soviet of 1919.
An exceptional militant life
24 May 2021, by ,Many tributes were paid to the Fourth Internationalist and and eminent medical researcher Gérard Chaouat. Here we publish two in translation. Others can be found (in French) on the ESSF site in a dedicated rubric.
“One of the indispensable ones ”
24 May 2021, byThe driving force of Mick Gosling’s life was the defence of working people’s rights and a commitment to socialism to achieve that.
The last escape - Theologos Psaradellis (1943-2021)
22 April 2021, by , , ,“Dear Theo, dear friend and comrade, you have once again succeeded in your escape ... But this time we will no longer be able to welcome you and laugh with you and those close to you who have supported and loved you so much. “
A tribute to Ernie Tate
8 February 2021, by“It is terribly hard to say goodbye to such a wonderful friend and comrade as Ernie, a real working class intellectual who combined amazing political and human qualities. It is of course a huge loss for Jess to whom we send our love and solidarity.”
“He was internationalist to the core”
8 February 2021Comrades from the NPA Grenoble pay tribute to Moroccan-born activist Lotfi Chawqui (1967-2020).
“What does Rossana say?”
25 October 2020, byRossana Rossanda, who died on 20 September 2020, played an important role in the Italian communist left, first within the Communist Party - from which she was expelled in 1969 - then as director of the newspaper Il Manifesto until 2012.It is said that for a long time in Il Manifesto, a historical communist newspaper, the following refrain was heard: “Is Valentino there?” Is Luigi writing? What does Rossana say?” This trio consisted of Valentino Parlato, Luigi Pintor and Rossana Rossanda. The last of the three left us yesterday at the age of 96, after a long life in the camp of the left and the communist ideals for which she fought. Always defeated in the end.
