Obituary

Trade unionist and soldier of the working class with a lifelong commitment to socialism We express our deepest condolences to his wife, Suzanne, his former wife Trish, his children, his family as a whole, including […]

‘Peter’s last meeting’ was the most special. Linda, Katie, Nancy and the rest of his family, our comrades and friends, put together a day that will never be forgotten by those of us who had […]

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Peter Taaffe, who after a long illness died on 23 April 2025. The loss of Peter is a big blow to the working class […]

The CWI was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of comrade Sughran Khaskheli, from Sindh, in Pakistan, who died unexpectedly on 21 December. We extend condolences to Sughran Khaskheli’s family and friends, and to […]

Lynn Walsh died on November 15th aged seventy-nine. Born and brought up in the south of England, he began studying at Sussex University in 1964. Lynn soon joined our small but growing group of revolutionary […]

Alan Hardman, a renowned cartoonist for the Militant newspaper and The Socialist, sadly died last week. Alan’s political drawings won wide admiration throughout the workers’ movement in Britain and well beyond. Below his longstanding friends […]

It is with great sorrow, that I have to report the untimely death of my friend and comrade, Maisoon Assadi. Maisoon was born to a large family in the Arab village of Dir El Assad, […]

Sol – Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität (CWI Germany) mourns the death of National Committee member, Jan Horsthemke. We are sorry to announce that our Dortmund comrade and member of the Sol National Committee, Jan Horsthemke, decided […]

Segun Sango (7 May 1958 – 23 May 2022) – founding member and General Secretary of the Democratic Socialist Movement, the CWI in Nigeria Many of the obituaries for and reminiscences of Segun Sango have […]

Following a prolonged illness, comrade Segun Sango died on the evening of Monday 23rd May 2022, at the age of 64, leaving behind a wife, children, and an aged mother, among other family members. Born […]

Today, 5 May, marks the 12th anniversary of the sad loss of Peter Hadden, a leading comrade of the CWI in Ireland and internationally. Peter’s life in the struggle for socialism and his important contribution […]

On December 15, 2020, comrade Jörg Winter from Stuttgart, Germany, died at the age of 65. We mourn the loss of our comrade of many years. The nuclear arms build-up at the end of the […]

Socialist Party members in Liverpool and elsewhere, and Unison activists, members and staff, are shocked and saddened by the death, as a result of coronavirus, of our comrade Raph Parkinson (1958-2020). It is a sign […]

The Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) collectively is grieving deeply the loss to cancer of our much-loved national treasurer, Ken Douglas (22.9.61 to 4.6.20). Since the day he joined us, over 35 years ago, […]

It is with great sadness and regret that the Socialist Party has lost a dedicated comrade and friend of many members, Mick Cotter (21/09/1957 – 20/05/2020). Until the recent party congress, Mick had been a […]

Long-serving Socialist Party member and pioneer of socialistworld.net

An active, critical and inspiring comrade

Socialist fighter against the military junta and capitalism

Class fighter, internationalist, revolutionary

Courageous socialist activist, campaigning journalist and human rights activist

‘A workers’ MP on a worker’s wage’ – A fighter for the working class

Ted Grant, one of the founders of Militant, the forerunner of the Socialist Party, has died at the age of 93, in London.

Arthur Miller, the American playwright, died on 9 February, aged 89, having battled with cancer, pneumonia and a heart condition.