Bob Newland on an internationalist who engaged in solidarity with anti-colonial struggles worldwide while also seeking to learn from them
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Payam Solhtalab on a leading left-wing revolutionary, key presence in the early 20th century Constitutional Revolution of Iran and a major figure in the country's history
Pinochet’s fascists were unable, even through the barrel of a gun to silence Victor Jara, who showed power of the arts to win the people for justice, peace, and socialism
Bob Newland on giant of his time who made an extraordinary contribution to the liberation of Southern Africa
Salam Ali writes on a pioneer of the Iraqi women’s movement and a prominent figure in the patriotic struggle for freedom, independence, democracy and social progress in Iraq for more than half a century. She was a co-founder and the first president of Iraqi Women’s League, the first woman minister in Iraq's modern history, and the first woman cabinet minister in the Arab world.
Sylvia’s decision to take up the cause of a little-known (in England) African country was much appreciated by Black activists in Africa, the West Indies, Britain, and America - and can only be understood in the context of her anti-racism and anti-imperialism, writes Mary Davis