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communist party of great britain (marxist-leninist)

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Obituaries highlights

  • British politics / The life and crimes of John ‘Two Jags’ Prescott

    One more example of a working-class man who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage.

    4 Feb 2025 , Proletarian
  • Lebanon / Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s legendary leader

    Hezbollah’s long-time general secretary was a true anti-imperialist, understanding that only unity would liberate Palestine and the wider middle east.

    1 Nov 2024 , Lalkar
  • India / Obituary: Comrade Sitaram Yechury

    The former general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) lived a life in service to the people.

    1 Nov 2024 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Yahya Sinwar, child of the camps

    Yahya Sinwar has been immortalised as a martyr in the righteous cause of liberating his people from a cruel and unjust occupation.

    1 Nov 2024 , Scott Ritter Extra
  • Palestine / Ismail Haniyeh, another resistance leader assassinated by Israel

    ‘We shall not give in, no matter the sacrifices.’ The indomitable spirit of intifada continues.

    4 Oct 2024 , Lalkar
  • Ukraine / The tragic end of Gonzalo Lira: A voice silenced in Ukraine

    A US citizen done to death by the US’s fascist proxies in Ukraine for the crime of telling the truth about Nato’s proxy war against Russia.

    21 Mar 2024 , Helsinki Times
  • Media / John Pilger: the man they couldn’t silence

    The most courageous, fearless and decent of journalists, who devoted his life to speaking the truth and uncovering imperialist lies.

    20 Mar 2024 , Lalkar
  • France / Red salute to French resistance fighter Pierre Pranchère

    One of France’s last remaining WW2 communist resistance fighters has died at the age of 96.

    24 Jan 2024 ,
  • Culture / Benjamin Zephaniah – lifelong champion of the oppressed

    From the miners’ strike to Palestine, this working-class poet and author was steadfast in his opposition to British imperialism and its divide-and-rule tactics.

    5 Jan 2024 , Lalkar
  • Chile / Remembering Joan Jara – dancer, activist and heroine of Chile

    The wife of murdered folk singer Víctor Jara kept her husband’s legacy alive and never gave up the fight for justice for Chile’s disappeared.

    15 Dec 2023 , Proletarian
  • Britain / Remembering Comrade Joyce Foster, founding member of our party

    One of many unsung heroes of our movement – those workers whose commitment never falters no matter the ups and downs of our movement.

    10 Dec 2023 , Lalkar
  • USA / The murderous legacy of Henry Kissinger

    Kissinger’s amoral, genocidal crimes showed him to be a faithful representative of the US elites whom he served all his life.

    6 Dec 2023 , Middle East Eye
  • China / Isabel Crook: a long life of devotion and service to the Chinese people

    Living in China for almost all of her 107 years, Isabel devoted her considerable energies to serving the people – and to the international cause of socialist revolution.

    5 Sep 2023 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Comrade Tongogara, who dedicated his life to the cause of freedom

    Police brutality, national-liberation struggles and socialist revolutions: Tongagara supported every serious struggle against racism and oppression around the world.

    21 Jul 2023 , Lalkar
  • Philippines / Jose María Sisón, father of the Filipino revolution

    Tribute to a long life lived in the service of the liberation of humanity.

    12 Jan 2023 , Lalkar
  • Divide and rule / Tribute to Comrade Avtar Jouhl

    An indefatigable fighter against racism and imperialism, and for socialism, which he knew held the only solution to humanity’s problems.

    20 Nov 2022 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Farewell to Eric Levy

    A lifelong antirevisionist and anti-imperialist fighter who never failed to act on his beliefs and never gave up his faith in the socialist future of humanity.

    25 Sep 2022 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Obituary for Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

    A CNN investigation has endorsed the view that Shireen was deliberately assassinated. But the truth about Israeli crimes cannot be snuffed out so easily.

    1 Aug 2022 , Lalkar
  • World history / Annette Beaumanoir: antifascist and anti-imperialist heroine of our times

    Legendary French resistance fighter and groundbreaking ‘Red Doctor’ who dedicated her long life to serving the people.

    20 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • USSR / Tribute to Comrade Tamila Yabrova, 1929-2021

    A steadfast and lifelong fighter against revisionism in the USSR.

    28 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • Peru / Abimael Guzmán: death of a great revolutionary leader

    Comrade Guzman may be dead, but so long as the conditions that gave rise to his movement remain, Peru’s rulers will continue to fear his name.

    22 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • India / Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh dies from Covid, aged 91

    The incredible life story of the ‘Flying Sikh’ exemplified the triumph of determination over adversity.

    21 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • USSR / Communist George Blake dies in Moscow aged 98

    One of Britain’s most committed cold war warriors, who went on to live out his years in peace in Russia.

    15 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • USSR / In memory of Nina Alexandrovna Andreeva

    Communists mourn the passing of one of Russia's foremost fighters against the counter-revolution and for the refounding of Soviet socialism.

    2 Jan 2021 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Paul Turek: passing of a working-class fighter

    Our party mourns the loss of a true class-conscious proletarian and a staunch fighter for socialism.

    24 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • South Africa / ANC tribute to Marie-José Moumbaris

    A tireless anti-imperialist and internationalist who dedicated herself to the South African liberation struggle.

    24 Sep 2020 ,
  • South Africa / Marie-José Moumbaris, née Smoothy: a lifelong fighter against the apartheid regime

    Tribute to a lifelong communist and fighter against apartheid, a daughter of France, but a dedicated friend to the oppressed everywhere.

    15 Sep 2020 ,
  • Canada / Communists globally mourn the passing of Comrade Michael Lucas in Toronto

    Known to friends of the Soviet Union as the editor of the Northstar Compass, Michael was a selfless and dedicated internationalist.

    23 May 2020 ,
  • British politics / Onwards and upwards: In memory of Deborah Lavin

    One of a kind: her influence on party life, and the guidance she gave to young cadres in particular, will be fondly remembered and sorely missed.

    3 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Red salute to our beloved Comrade Deborah Lavin

    Her funeral is to be live-streamed since large gatherings are prevented by the present pandemic conditions.

    30 Mar 2020 ,
  • British politics / John Hepple: a life of working-class struggle

    A true son of the working class, one of so many who have given their lives to the fight for a better world.

    25 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Alexei Leonov, hero of the Soviet space programme

    The first man to walk in space, Comrade Leonov was on the cutting edge of space exploration.

    20 Jan 2020 , Lalkar
  • Cuba / Alicia Alonso: architect of Cuba’s socialist ballet

    A true daughter of the masses, whose talent and art was put at the service of the people and the building of a new society.

    20 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Comrade Bridget Bell, dedicated fighter for the working class

    Bridget was highly respected for her work during the 1984/5 miners’ strike, and for her principled class position at all times.

    9 Sep 2019 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Tribute to Comrade John Dempster

    A staunch and determined comrade to the end.

    11 Jun 2019 ,
  • USA / John McCain: a life in the service of blood-soaked imperialism

    An enemy of progressive humanity, we mourn only his escape from justice.

    15 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Comrade Dave Coates: a life in the struggle

    Red salute to a dear comrade and tireless fighter for the working class.

    2 Sep 2018 , Lalkar
  • World history / Fifty years since the murder of Martin Luther King Jr

    A leader, one of many, murdered because they came to identify capitalism as the cause of the misery of the US masses.

    25 May 2018 , Proletarian
  • South Africa / Tribute to Comrade Winnie Mandela

    The mother of the South African nation has died, but her legacy continues to inspire new generations in the struggle for complete national liberation.

    9 May 2018 , Lalkar
  • Trade unions / Derek Robinson: the passing of a working-class hero

    A staunch and fearless union leader, one of an increasingly rare breed.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Germany / A tribute to East Germany’s General Heinz Kessler

    Defender of communism to the last.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • Working-class history / Remembering Comrade Clement Murphy-Shaw

    An exemplary life given to the promotion of progressive and humanitarian causes.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Hedy Epstein, rights activist and holocaust survivor, remembered

    Hedy Epstein, known and loved by the Palestinian people and their friends and supporters for her courageous work for solidarity and justice, has died aged 91.

    1 Jun 2016 , If Americans Knew
  • Australia / Ray Berbling: a life in struggle (1935-2015)

    Ray was a dedicated Australian Marxist-Leninist and a lifelong friend of the the Soviet Union.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Korea / Ri Ul Sol, hero of the Korean revolution (1921-2015)

    Revolutionary veteran fighter and leader dies aged 94.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Proletarian news / Red salute to Comrade John Taylor

    16 Sep 2015 , Proletarian
  • Venezuela / A red salute to Comrade Hugo Chávez

    El Comandante Chávez will live forever in the hearts of the working masses of Venezuela, the Caribbean and Latin America.

    6 Mar 2013 ,

Obituaries topics

  • Anti-imperialism
  • Anti-imperialist Platform
  • British imperialism
  • CPGB-ML
  • Deborah Lavin
  • Fascism
  • Friedrich Engels
  • Godfrey Cremer
  • Harpal Brar
  • Indian liberation struggle
  • Iraq war
  • Iris Cremer
  • Irish liberation struggle
  • IWA
  • Josef Stalin
  • Karl Marx
  • Leninism
  • Libya war
  • Mao Zedong
  • Margaret Thatcher
  • Marxism
  • Miners strike
  • Obituaries
  • October Revolution
  • Racism and immigration
  • Revisionism
  • Trotskyism
  • VI Lenin
  • Zimbabwe liberation struggle
  • Zionism
  • CP Cuba
  • CP Kenya
  • CPC
  • Isabel Crook
  • NKPJ
  • Opportunism
  • PRCF
  • Social democracy
  • Yugoslav war
  • 2008 crash
  • Afghan war
  • Austerity
  • Banks
  • Labour party
  • NHS
  • Privatisation
  • RMT
  • Tony Blair
  • Zero-hour contracts
  • Gaza
  • Hezbollah
  • US imperialism
  • War crimes
  • anti-
  • BJP
  • Communalism
  • Intifada
  • Nakba
  • United Nations
  • West Bank
  • Free speech
  • Media lies
  • Ukraine war
  • Arms industry
  • Julian Assange
  • Anticommunism
  • European Union
  • French imperialism
  • German imperialism
  • WW2
  • Apartheid
  • Bourgeois democracy
  • Hong Kong
  • Jeremy Corbyn
  • Ballet
  • CIA
  • Latin America
  • SLP
  • Barack Obama
  • Donald Trump
  • Hillary Clinton
  • Korean war
  • Secret services
  • Vietnam war
  • Chinese Revolution
  • Cultural Revolution
  • Feudalism
  • Xi Jinping
  • Caribbean
  • London
  • Police brutality
  • Asean
  • Maoism
  • Students
  • Birmingham
  • Non-cooperation
  • Colonial crimes
  • Market socialism
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Native Americans
  • People's war
  • Covid-19
  • Olympics
  • Cold war
  • Eastern Europe
  • Durham Miners' Gala
  • ANC
  • Identity politics
  • Women
  • Mining industry
  • Science
  • Space
  • Cuban Revolution
  • Socialist realism
  • Glasgow
  • Civil rights
  • British manufacturing
  • Protests and strikes
  • GDR
  • Planned economy
  • Irish reunification
  • Sinn Fein
  • BDS
  • Actually-existing socialism
  • DPRK
  • Korean revolution
  • Bolivarian revolution
  • Fidel Castro
  • Hugo Chavez
  • Oil and gas
  • PSUV

Obituaries video

  • Divide and rule / Harpal Brar on Avtar Jouhl: Above all he was a fighter for socialism

    A heartfelt tribute in memory of Comrade Avtar Jouhl, courageous Marxist-Leninist who gave so much to our movement and will be sorely missed.

    20 Nov 2022, Proletarian TV
  • Working-class history / Ivor Kenna: a long life dedicated to the struggle for socialism in Britain

    Opposing imperialism and defending socialism everywhere, Ivor did everything he could to halt the decline of the movement caused by Khrushchevite revisionism.

    27 Jun 2021, Proletarian TV

Obituaries theory

  • Working-class history / Obituary: Harpal Brar, revolutionary founder of the CPGB-ML

    Sixty years of dedicated service to the anti-imperialist movement by an outstanding revolutionary have left a lasting legacy for the British working class.

    5 Mar 2025, Lalkar
  • British politics / Comrade Harpal Brar: a life entirely dedicated to the cause of socialism

    Our party’s founding chair has died, but his work lives on in a new generation of revolutionaries, both in Britain and around the world.

    26 Feb 2025, Proletarian
  • USSR / Stalin: A great servant of mankind who belongs to the ages

    Truly, his name and his works will live on through the centuries.

    6 Mar 2023, Daily Worker
  • Ireland / Martin McGuinness: 1950-2017

    Irish revolutionary leader and working-class hero.

    1 Apr 2017, Proletarian

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