Obituary
Ellen Perlo, 102; advocate for equality, peace, justice and socialism
January 14, 2019As young activists all those years ago we benefitted from her leadership. As seasoned veterans, we cherish her memory and try to live her legacy. As a human race, we are all better for having had...
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Stan Lee, 95: A comic creator’s Marvelous legacy
November 15, 2018Lee was crucial in developing more working-class, everyday characters for Marvel, something readers strongly identified with.
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Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery’s legacy ‘without fear, without prejudice’
August 21, 2018This Monday, August 20, the Palestinian cause lost one of its greatest defenders.
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California’s fiery former Congressman Ron Dellums dies at 82
August 2, 2018"He always told us don't measure our decisions by what is politically expedient but to just ask one question: Is it the right thing to do?"
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Activist and Black Panther co-founder, Elbert ‘Big Man’ Howard, dies at 80
July 26, 2018He, along with Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, was one of six people who founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland in October 1966.
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