obituaries
Turner, Pete, 1935-2004
An obituary for British builder, anarchist and asbestos campaigner Pete Turner.
Pete Turner was a South Londoner, who served an apprenticeship as a carpenter, toiled in the building industry for the whole of his working life and died from asbestosis during his retirement. He was a truly sweet man and it was typical, and fitting, that he should have attended Arthur's cremation even though he was wheelchair-bound and breathing via an oxygen cylinder.
George Woodcock obituary, 1912-1995
An obituary of George Woodcock, Canadian anarchist and writer.
Obituary for Ross Winn, 1871-1912 - Emma Goldman
Obituary for Texan anarchist Ross Winn written by Emma Goldman.
Bookchin remembered
Iain Mackay on the huge and enduring influence that was Murray Bookchin (1921-2006)
Murray Bookchin died at home on the 30th of July at the age of 85, surrounded by his family. From the 1960s onwards, Bookchin was, rightly, considered one of the world’s leading anarchist thinkers. His death, while not unexpected, is still a sad day for our movement.
Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997 - John Barker
An obituary and overview of the work of Cornelius Castoriadis, whose early theoretical writings had a strong influence on the UK Solidarity group, among others.
John Barker is an ex-member of Solidarity and the Angry Brigade.
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Cornelius Castoriadis
1922-1997
(By John Barker)
Princess Diana Spencer obituary
Most socialist and anarchist comment has missed the most relevant point about the life and death of Diana, even in Freedom (20th September 1997). This is that Diana was the most spectacular example of the 'spectacular society' since the concept was launched.
Guy Debord obituary
An obituary of Guy Debord written immediately after his death in 1994. The article in Freedom newspaper was headlined "The author of Society of the Spectacle has killed himself".
Paul Avrich obituary - The Guardian
Obituary of Russian-American anarchist historian Paul Avrich by Stuart Christie from The Guardian, Monday April 10, 2006
Hillman, Ellis remembered
A short obituary of Ellis Hillman, 1928-1996, by Albert Meltzer.
Paul Avrich 1931-2006: a historian who listened to anarchist voices
The death of Paul Avrich has taken from anarchism its finest historian.
More than that the study of history has also lost one of its finest proponents because Avrich was also a great historian. If his work brought to life those who shared "the beautiful ideal" it was because he used his considerable talents to treat his subjects with respect, thus avoiding the glib condescension that characterized much of what constituted "anarchist history" in the academy.
