Obituary
Eric Hobsbawm, great Marxist historian who kept his cool
October 3, 2012I was saddened to hear of the death of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the great Marxist historians writing in the English language of my lifetime.
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Judy Gallo, longtime activist, dies at 70
August 22, 2012About 100 friends and activists in labor and progressive groups gathered at a memorial here Aug. 18 to pay tribute to Judy Gallo, who died recently at age 70.
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Joe Kubert, inspirational comic artist, dead at 85
August 14, 2012Kubert would continue to work on comics for the rest of his life, and contributed as recently as this year to an issue of "Before Watchmen."
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Michael Nash’s work lives on: historian, archivist, teacher-activist
August 1, 2012He was a a close friend of mine for four decades, so it is with some sadness that I write this remembrance of his life and work.
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Bernice Blohm Diskin, “Greatest Generation” communist, dies at 91
July 10, 2012One of the last Communist Party USA members from the "Greatest Generation" of World War II, Bernice Blohm Diskin, passed away June 25 at age 91.
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