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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Philippines / Jose María Sisón, father of the Filipino revolution

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

USSR / Tribute to Comrade Tamila Yabrova, 1929-2021

A steadfast and lifelong fighter against revisionism in the USSR.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

South Africa / ANC tribute to Marie-José Moumbaris

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

British politics / Tribute to Comrade John Dempster

A staunch and determined comrade to the end.

USA / John McCain: a life in the service of blood-soaked imperialism

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

British politics / Comrade Dave Coates: a life in the struggle

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

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.

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.

Trade unions / Derek Robinson: the passing of a working-class hero

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

Germany / A tribute to East Germany’s General Heinz Kessler

Defender of communism to the last.

Working-class history / Remembering Comrade Clement Murphy-Shaw

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

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.

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.

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

Revolutionary veteran fighter and leader dies aged 94.

Proletarian news / Red salute to Comrade John Taylor

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.