Obituaries

 
 
Charlene Mitchell: Honoring a committed life

Charlene Mitchell: Honoring a committed life

Longtime African American Marxist activist and revolutionary fighter, Charlene Mitchell dies at 92.

BY: Communist Party USA| December 27, 2022
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CPUSA mourns death of Betty Smith, Party leader and International Publishers director

CPUSA mourns death of Betty Smith, Party leader and International Publishers director

For 36 years, Betty Smith managed International Publishers.

BY: People’s World| April 21, 2022
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and veteran for peace

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and veteran for peace

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher, and early veteran for peace, dies at age 101.

BY: Nadya Williams| March 2, 2021
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WTTW Chicago remembers communist Frank Lumpkin, 93

WTTW Chicago remembers communist Frank Lumpkin, 93

Frank Lumpkin, steel workers, labor activist and communist passed away in Chicago March 1 at the age of 93.

March 10, 2010
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