Stan Pearce, a militant miner and dedicated Marxist, sadly passed away last week at the age of 81. We publish here two tributes from Socialist Appeal supporters – Bob Stothard from Washington and John Dunn of Justice for Mineworkers – who knew and admired Stan as an inspirational comrade.
It is with great sadness that we heard the news that Mick Abbott passed away last week. Mick Abbott was a leftwing trade union activist in the building industry who fought for workers rights all his working life. We publish here an obituary by Dave Smith of the Blacklist Support Group, which Mick was an active member of.
It is with a heavy heart that we report the tragic passing of one of the labour movement’s most staunch defenders and activists. In South East Northumberland, in particular in his home town of Ashington, John McCormack was first and foremost a socialist; a working class fighter; a dedicated member of the labour and trade union movement, who rose to become this year’s national president-elect of his union the UCU.