Obituaries
The 67 deaths marked in these pages, in order of death.
Found by reading the pages, not only those headed as obituaries; some were set inside another story, and that is noted. Dates of death are from the obituary where it gives one, otherwise from the record. The obituaries of every Red Mole archive are together at archives.redmole.org/obituaries/.
- Mary Archer died 28 July 1983
Mary Archer in London Labour Briefing no. 33 (with the National Supplement), October 1983 - Jock Veall died 16 March 1985
Jock Veall in London Labour Briefing no. 49 (with the National Supplement), May 1985 - Davy Jones died 1986
Davy Jones in Labour Briefing no. 31, October 1986 · short notice on the trade union page; Coventry Area NUM
Davy Jones in Coventry Labour Briefing no. 2, October 1986 · personal tribute by Julia Redman - Ray Bladen died 21 October 1986
Inspired by their lives in Labour Briefing no. 33, December 1986 · joint obituary with Rosemary Deane, under the heading Obituaries - Rosemary Deane died 30 October 1986
Inspired by their lives in Labour Briefing no. 33, December 1986 · joint obituary with Ray Bladen, under the heading Obituaries - Jan Rebane died November 1986
Obituaries in Labour Briefing no. 33, December 1986 · untitled notice beside 'Inspired by their lives'; the paper says he died on Sunday 12 November, but 12 November 1986 was a Wednesday - Miriam James died 14 December 1986
Obituary: Miriam James in Labour Briefing no. 35, 15 January 1987 - Rashid Naz died 1987
Rashid Naz in Birmingham: Campaign Briefing, undated · short untitled notice at the end of a report; date of death not given - Tom Devine died 1987
Tom Devine in Camden Labour Briefing, April 1987, April 1987 · Councillor for Somers Town; the same notice is in the other scan of this issue - Jack Collins died January 1987
Obituary in Labour Briefing no. 35, 15 January 1987 · Kent NUM general secretary; date of death not given, funeral on 15 January 1987 - James Baldwin died 1 December 1987
In Memoriam: James Baldwin in Labour Briefing no. 53, 9 December 1987 · in the Periscope column - Reg Groves died May 1988
Obituary: A pioneer of British Trotskyism in Labour Briefing no. 64, 8 June 1988 · by Al Richardson - Craig Robertson died 12 November 1988
Obituary in Labour Briefing no. 73, 23 November 1988 - Harry Wicks died 1989
Obituary: Harry Wicks in Labour Briefing no. 81, 12 April 1989
1906–1989: A memorial meeting in London Labour Briefing no. 118, 27 September 1989 · notice of a memorial meeting at Conway Hall, 8 October 1989 - Abbie Hoffman died 12 April 1989
Obituary: Abbie Hoffman in Labour Briefing no. 82, 26 April 1989 · in the Periscope column - Paula Watson died 27 April 1989
Our Paula (1934–1989) in Labour Briefing no. 83, 10 May 1989 · with a tribute, 'In Memory of Paula Watson', from Westminster council workers - Gerry Healy died 14 December 1989
Obituary: Thomas Gerard (“Gerry”) Healy in Labour Briefing no. 95, 24 January 1990 · hostile; in the Periscope column - Louis Sinclair died 1990
Louis Sinclair 1909–1990 in Labour Briefing no. 107, 12 September 1990 · by P. J. Barclay, under the heading Obituaries - Sam Bornstein died night of 7–8 January 1990
Obituary: Sam Bornstein 1920–90 in Labour Briefing no. 95, 24 January 1990 - Tamara Deutscher died August 1990
Tamara Deutscher 1913–1990 in Labour Briefing no. 107, 12 September 1990 · under the heading Obituaries - Nobby Clarke died September 1990
Obituary: Nobby Clarke, Father of Brighton Socialism in Labour Briefing no. 108, 24 September 1990 · by Jean Calder; taken ill at a GC meeting on 17 September and died shortly afterwards - Eric Heffer died 27 May 1991
Eric Heffer: democrat, intellectual and principled socialist in Labour Briefing, July 1991, July 1991
Tribute to Eric – and a call to action in Labour Briefing, July 1991, July 1991 · Jeremy Corbyn's Commonweal column - Robert Maxwell died 5 November 1991
Obituary: We remember Robert Maxwell in Labour Briefing, December 1991, December 1991 · hostile, by a Pergamon striker - John Turner died 1992
John Turner — an appreciation in Labour Briefing, November 1992, November 1992 · by Roger Robinson; died at the 1992 Labour Party conference - Frank Neal died 12 April 1992
Frank Neal remembered in Labour Briefing, May 1992, May 1992 - Ron Dixon died 7 May 1992
In memory of Ron Dixon in Labour Briefing, July 1992, July 1992 · by Garth Frankland - Kate Truscott died 1993
A life to celebrate in Labour Briefing, November 1993, November 1993 · by Leonora Lloyd - Cesar Chavez died 23 April 1993
Class warrior in Labour Briefing, June 1993, June 1993 · in the Periscope column - Ernie Roberts died 1994
A lifetime striking back in Labour Briefing, October 1994, October 1994 · by Jim Mortimer - Jimmy Boyce died 25 January 1994
Forged in fire in Labour Briefing, March 1994, March 1994 - Jo Richardson died 1 February 1994
An irreplaceable heroine in Labour Briefing, March 1994, March 1994 · by Leonora Lloyd - Bob Cryer died 12 April 1994
Bob Cryer - a socialist champion in Labour Briefing, May 1994, May 1994 · by Jeremy Corbyn - Richard Nixon died 22 April 1994
Nixon is dead! Hooray! in Labour Briefing, May 1994, May 1994 · hostile item in the Periscope column - Betty Hamilton died 2 May 1994
Betty Hamilton: an obituary in Labour Briefing, June 1994, June 1994 - Margaret Dewar died February 1995
The quiet revolutionary in Labour Briefing, March 1995, March 1995 · by Richard Hanford - Ernest Mandel died 20 July 1995
Ernest Mandel (1923-1995) in Labour Briefing, September 1995, September 1995 · by Charlie van Gelderen - Bobby Owens died September 1995
Bobby Owens in Labour Briefing, October 1995, October 1995 · by George Whettling - Genora Johnson Dollinger died 11 October 1995
An appreciation of Genora Johnson Dollinger, 1913-1995 in Labour Briefing, December 1995, December 1995 · by Mildred Gordon MP - Ken Saro-Wiwa died 10 November 1995
Abacha, Shell - murderers! in Labour Briefing, December 1995, December 1995 · on his execution, by Lazrus Tamana of the Ogoni Community Association - Dave Whitton died 1996
Dave Whitton in Labour Briefing, June 1996, June 1996 · two-line notice below the Meltzer obituary; Briefing's 'MotaMole' writer; the appreciation promised for the next issue does not appear in July 1996 - Don Billingsley died 1996
Obituary: Don Billingsley in Labour Briefing, October 1996, October 1996 - Ellis Hillman died 1996
Ellis Hillman in Labour Briefing, March 1996, March 1996 · by Mildred Gordon MP - Albert Meltzer died 7 May 1996
Obituary: Albert Meltzer in Labour Briefing, June 1996, June 1996 - Bob Crossman died 21 October 1996
Bob Crossman remembered in Labour Briefing, December 1996, December 1996 · by Liz Davies - Carl Sagan died 20 December 1996
Science: a candle in the dark in Labour Briefing, February 1997, February 1997 · Keith Veness's science column, reviewing The Demon-Haunted World - Nils Kaare Dahl died 31 December 1996
Nils Kaare Dahl, 1909-1996 in Labour Briefing, February 1997, February 1997 - Rod Fitch died 1997
Obituary: Rod Fitch, class fighter in Labour Briefing, June 1997, June 1997 · died 'early this month' (June 1997 issue) - Paul Wozny died 1998
Obituary - Paul Wozny in Labour Briefing, November 1998, November 1998 · also remembered in the Geoff Martin column on the same page - Michael Tippett died 8 January 1998
Tippett the rebel in Labour Briefing, February 1998, February 1998 - Harry Watson died 7 March 1998
Harry Watson 1907-1998 in Labour Briefing, April 1998, April 1998 · by Keith Watson - Eileen Gersh died 18 March 1998
In memory of Eileen Gersh in Labour Briefing, April 1998, April 1998 · short notice - Joan Maynard died 26 March 1998
Joan Maynard: an appreciation in Labour Briefing, May 1998, May 1998 · by Jeremy Corbyn - Kwame Ture died 15 November 1998
Obituary: Kwame Ture, freedom fighter in Labour Briefing, December 1998, December 1998 · by Mike Marqusee; the paper gives 16 November - Donald Soper died 22 December 1998
Obituary - Donald Soper in Labour Briefing, February 1999, February 1999 · by Leonora Lloyd; the paper says he died in January - Ron Huzzard died 30 December 1998
Obituary - Ron Huzzard in Labour Briefing, February 1999, February 1999 · by Frank Allaun - Ann Viney died summer 1999
Elizabeth Ann Viney, 1947-1999 in Labour Briefing, October 1999, October 1999 · by Garth Frankland - Milton Babulall died 1999
Obituary: Milton Babulall in Labour Briefing, December 1999, December 1999 · by Liz Davies - Ron Hallett died 1999
Ron Hallett 1913-1999 in Labour Briefing, October 1999, October 1999 · by Richard Hanford - Sola Sierra died 1 July 1999
Sola Sierra in Labour Briefing, October 1999, October 1999 · by Sue Lukes, with Jeremy Corbyn - Bill Owen died 12 July 1999
Comrade Compo in Labour Briefing, September 1999, September 1999 · by Richard Hanford - Neelan Tiruchelvam died 29 July 1999
Obituary: Neelan Tiruchelvam in Labour Briefing, September 1999, September 1999 · by Mike Marqusee - Geoff Sheridan died 2000
Geoff Sheridan in Labour Briefing, November 2000, November 2000 - Terry Harrison died 2000
Terry Harrison 1951-2000 in Labour Briefing, November 2000, November 2000 · by Alan Wassell and Garth Frankland - Bernie Grant died 8 April 2000
Bernie Grant: his own man in Labour Briefing, May 2000, May 2000 · by Jeremy Corbyn - Tony Cliff died 9 April 2000
Tony Cliff in Labour Briefing, May 2000, May 2000 · by Hugh Kerr and John Palmer - Audrey Wise died 2 September 2000
Audrey Wise (1932-2000) in Labour Briefing, October 2000, October 2000 · by Stan Newens, with Jeremy Corbyn - Tom Painter died not stated (before February 1993)
Obituary: Tom Painter — socialist plumber in Labour Briefing, February 1993, February 1993