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Allan Bérubé, 1946-2007: Against The Current vol. 135
Kinsman, Gary
Article
2008
An inspiring and broad-ranging queer historian, Allan Bérubé died at the age of 61 on December 11, 2007. He left us with major contributions of exciting historical work, but also important unfinished ...
Appreciating Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: Against The Current vol. 132
Faye, D.C.
Article
2008
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. passed away on April 11, 2007, from a head injury sustained from a recent fall. Despite his best efforts to do away with himself by smoking heavily for many years, cigarettes, he ha...
B.J. Widick, 1910-2008: Against The Current vol. 136
Wald, Alan
Article
2008
On June 28, 2008, Branko J. Widick, known to everyone as “B.J.” or “Jack,” died at age 97 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Widick was a prominent figure in the history of U.S. Trotskyism and above all in the u...
Blair, Elgin
Article
1989
Obituary of Connexions collective member Elgin Blair. (Died 1989).
Caroline Lund-Sheppard, Sept. 24, 1944-Oct. 14, 2006: A Life Fully Lived: Against The Current vol. 125
Biddle, Jennifer
Article
2006
It's my favorite photograph of Caroline: She’s just a girl, standing straight up, hands neatly folded in front of her, wearing a long, white tunic, and an exuberantly silly grin.
Conundrum - Syriza, Democracy And The Death Of A Saudi Tyrant
Article
2015
It's always a tricky moment for the corporate media when a foreign leader dies. The content and tone need to be appropriate, moulded to whether that leader fell into line with Western policies or not.
Elissa Karg Chacker, 1951-2008: Against The Current vol. 135
Slaughter, Jane; Finkel, David
Article
2008
Elissa Karg Chacker, a longtime member of Solidarity and previously the International Socialists (IS) in Detroit, died Sunday, May 11 from injuries suffered in an accident a week earlier. Riding her b...
Grace MacInnis
Article
1992
Canadian politician and feminist: obituary in the Connexions Digest.
George Manuel
Article
1989
Obituary in the Connexions Digest
Margaret Benston
Article
1992
Obituary in the Connexions Digest.
Martin Glaberman: 1918 - 2001
Fettes, Neil
Article
2001
Anne Mason-Apps
Article
1992
Obituary in the Connexions Digest.
Michael Lynch
Article
1992
Obituary in the Connexions Digest.
Remembering Dorothy Healey: An Activist with Vision: Against The Current vol. 125
Lieberman, Robbie
Article
2006
Dorothy Healey had a grand vision of a world in which there was no poverty, racism, or war, a world of genuine democracy. To me she represented what was most appealing about the Old Left — commitment,...

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Ali Mustafa
Podur, Justin
2014
Ali Mustafa was a Canadian freelance journalist and activist. He died with seven Syrians in an airstrike by the Assad government in the Hadariya neighbourhood of Aleppo on March 9, 2014.