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Obituary

Obituary: Genny Bove: 27 February 1962 — 3 November 2018

by Mair Jones | News | February - March 2019

Whistleblower and passionate campaigner for peace dies aged 56

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Obituary: David McReynolds: 25 October 1929 – 17 August 2018

by Michael Randle | Comment | October - November 2018

Renowned peace campaigner who ran for President loved cats and relished controversy

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Obituary: Beatrice Smith: 24 July 1937 – 4 February 2018

by Lyn Meredid | News | April - May 2018

Poet, author, hospital worker and socialist 'was never one to give up when things got tough'

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Obituary: Connie Mager: 19 November 1925 – 22 December 2018

by Lorna Vahey | Comment | February - March 2018

Long-time peace activist and 'very nice human being' dies aged 97

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Obituary: Gene Sharp: 21 January 1928 – 28 January 2018

by George Lakey | Feature | February - March 2018

The lonely scholar who became a nonviolent warrior

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Obituary: Helen John: 30 September 1937 – 5 November 2017

by Rebecca Johnson | Comment | December 2017 - January 2018

Rebecca Johnson remembers an indefatigable

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Obituary: Keith Armstrong: 7 April 1950 - 7 May 2017

by Tom Gill | Comment | August - September 2017

Poet, photographer and disability rights activist

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Obituary: Deyika Nzeribe, 9 August 1966 - 1 January 2017

by Marc Hudson and Dr Tanzil Chowdury | Comment | February - March 2017

Marc Hudson and Dr Tanzil Chowdury remember a Pan-Africanist, poet and environmental campaigner

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Obituary: Hero’s send-off for Ray Davies

by Wendy Lewis | Comment | June 2015 - July 2015

Welsh radical remembered

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David Lane: 21 February 1934 – 16 September 2014

by Moyra Jean and Ian Dixon | Comment | February 2015 - March 2015

David Lane, lifelong pacifist and peace activist, died in September at the age of 80 after a long, and latterly very sad, struggle with Parkinson’s.

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