Obituaries

The 48 people whose deaths these papers marked, in 64 obituaries, tributes and statements of the International, from Natalia Sedova and James P. Cannon to Patrice Lumumba and Che Guevara: leaders and members of the Fourth International, fighters killed by dictatorships, and a few enemies. By surname.

Found by reading every article on this site, not only those headed as obituaries. Dates of death are from the obituary itself where it gives one, otherwise from the record; where nothing better is known, the date of the issue stands in, marked “obituary”. The obituaries of every Red Mole archive are together at archives.redmole.org/obituaries/.

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• Aïssat Idir died 28 July 1959Algeria: The Death of Aissat Idir in Fourth International No. 7, Autumn 1959
• Francisco Amado died early April 1966Francisco Amado Killed in Guatemala in World Outlook Vol. 4, No. 19, 10 June 1966 · of the MR-13 in Guatemala
• Clement Attlee died 8 October 1967Clement Attlee: Labour Caretaker of British Capitalism in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 33, 20 October 1967 · a hostile obituary
• Leo Bernard died 16 May 1966First Martyr in America's Antiwar Movement in World Outlook Vol. 4, No. 17, 27 May 1966 · shot in the SWP's Detroit hallPolitical Assassination in Detroit in World Outlook Vol. 4, No. 19, 10 June 1966 · a statement of the United Secretariat, 21 May 1966
• Jacques Birger died end of December 1965Jacques Birger in World Outlook Vol. 4, No. 3, 18 February 1966 · of the PCI, French section
• Fernando Bravo James died 17 November 1962In Memory of Fernando Bravo James in The Internationalist No. 6, 13 March 1963
• André Breton died 28 September 1966André Breton in World Outlook Vol. 4, No. 30, 7 October 1966
• James P. Cannon died 21 August 1974James P. Cannon — Founder of American Trotskyism in Inprecor no. 7, 5 September 1974Fourth International Hails Cannon's Achievements in Intercontinental Press vol. 12 no. 31, 9 September 1974 · the Fourth International's message to his memorial meeting
• Pancho Carricaburu obituary, February 1975Argentina: Pancho Carricaburu Murdered in Inprecor no. 20, 27 February 1975 · murdered in Argentina
• Hugo Dewar died 14 June 1980Hugo Dewar, 1908-1980 in Intercontinental Press/Inprecor vol. 18 no. 32, 1 September 1980 · by Pierre FrankHugo Dewar, 1908-1980 Correction in Intercontinental Press vol. 18 no. 35, 22 September 1980 · Margaret Dewar's corrections to it
• Miguel Enriquez died 5 October 1974The Death of Miguel Enriquez in Inprecor no. 10, 17 October 1974Declaration of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International on the Death of Miguel Enriquez in Inprecor no. 11, 31 October 1974 · a declaration of the United Secretariat
• Sergei Esenin died 28 December 1925From the Archives of Marxism: To the Memory of Sergei Essenin in Fourth International No. 4, Autumn 1958 · Trotsky's memorial note of 1926, reprinted
• Francisco Franco died 20 November 1975Spain: The Dictator Is Dead... Death to the Dictatorship! in Inprecor no. 39, 4 December 1975 · a hostile obituary
• Pierre Frank died 18 April 1984Pierre Frank: 1905-1984 Leader of Fourth International dies in Paris in Intercontinental Press/Inprecor vol. 22 no. 9, 14 May 1984Paris Funeral for Pierre Frank in Intercontinental Press/Inprecor vol. 22 no. 10, 28 May 1984 · his funeral at Père-Lachaise, from Rouge
• Kevin Gately died 15 June 1974Britain: Cops Murder Antifascist Militant in Inprecor no. 3, 4 July 1974 · killed at Red Lion Square
• Albert Goldman obituary, 1960USA: Death of Albert Goldman in Fourth International No. 10, Summer 1960
• Arturo Gómez died by early June 1976In Tribute to Arturo Gomes in Intercontinental Press vol. 14 no. 24, 21 June 1976 · printed as Gomes; a heart attackArgentina: Arturo Gómez in Inprecor no. 56, 22 July 1976
• Che Guevara died 9 October 1967Régis Debray's Farewell to Che in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 34, 27 October 1967Fourth International Joins in Mourning Che in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 34, 27 October 1967 · a statement of the United Secretariat, 17 October 1967In Tribute to Che in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 34, 27 October 1967 · Fidel Castro's speech of 18 October 1967Mexican Students Say Farewell to Che in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 35, 3 November 1967stan Newens' Tribute to Che Guevara in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 35, 3 November 1967evolutionary Youth in Paris Mourn Che Guevara in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 35, 3 November 1967 · the JCR's memorial meeting at the MutualitéDocuments: SWP Sends Fraternal Message to Cubans on Death of Che in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 36, 10 November 1967
• Hatzidanilidis obituary, 8 November 1963Greek Political Prisoner Dies in World Outlook Vol. 1, No. 7, 8 November 1963 · died in prison
• Georg Jungclas died 11 September 1975Georg Jungclas, 1905-1975 in Inprecor no. 34, 25 September 1975
• Rafael Lasala died 29 August 1976Argentina: Rafael "Nestor" Lasala — Murdered by Dictatorship in Inprecor no. 63, 25 November 1976 · "Nestor"; of the GOR
• Le Corbusier died 27 August 1965Le Corbusier in World Outlook Vol. 3, No. 28, 17 September 1965
• Léon Lesoil died 1942Belgium: The Return of the Ashes of Comrade Lesoil in Fourth International No. 6, Spring 1959 · on the return of his ashes, 1959; died at Neuengamme
• Patrice Lumumba died 17 January 1961Declaration of the International Secretariat: On the Assassination of Lumumba in Fourth International No. 12, Winter 1960–61 · a declaration of the International Secretariat
• Luu Thanh Kiem died early 1966Luu Thanh Kiem in World Outlook Vol. 4, No. 12, 22 April 1966 · Vietnamese Trotskyist
• Malcolm X died 21 February 1965Documents: In Tribute to Malcolm X in World Outlook Vol. 3, No. 11, 19 March 1965A Tribute to Malcolm X from Japan in World Outlook Vol. 4, No. 24, 29 July 1966
• Antonio Maldonado Franco died late October 1974Mexico: Revolutionary Militant Murdered in Inprecor no. 14-15, 12 December 1974 · a statement of the Liga Socialista; the page opens with the end of another article
• Sherry Mangan died 24 June 1961Sherry Mangan in Fourth International No. 13, Summer 1961Our Friend Sherry, our Comrade Patrice in Fourth International No. 15, May–July 1962 · Michel Pablo's tribute, written in prison
• A.J. Muste died 11 February 1967American Antiwar Movement Feels Loss of A.J. Muste in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 8, 24 February 1967Ho Chi Minh, Nguyen Huu Tho Mourn Death of A.J. Muste in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 10, 10 February 1967
• Imre Nagy died 16 June 1958Editorial Notes: The Assassination of Imre Nagy in Fourth International No. 3, Summer 1958 · on his execution
• Jawaharlal Nehru died 27 May 1964The Death of Nehru in World Outlook Vol. 2, No. 23, 5 June 1964 · a political assessment on his death
• Jabra Nicola died 28 December 1974Jabra Nicola (1912-1974) in Intercontinental Press vol. 13 no. 3, 27 January 1975 · from RougeThe Death of Jabra Nicola in Inprecor no. 18, 31 January 1975
• Fabricio Ojeda died 21 June 1966In Tribute to Fabricio Ojeda in World Outlook Vol. 4, No. 23, 15 July 1966
• Jeanette Olsen obituary, 1959Norway: Death of Jeanette Olsen in Fourth International No. 8, Winter 1959/1960
• J.O.B. Omotosho died 20 May 1967Death of Omotosho — A Blow to Nigerian Socialists in World Outlook Vol. 5, No. 23, 9 June 1967
• Anton Pannekoek died 28 April 1960Holland: Anton Pannekoek has died in Fourth International No. 9, Spring 1960
• Juan Perón died 1 July 1974The Death of Peron... and Peronism? in Inprecor no. 4, 18 July 1974 · a political assessment on his death
• Luis de la Puente Uceda died 23 October 1965Luis de la Puente Reported Killed in World Outlook Vol. 3, No. 31, 23 October 1965 · Peruvian guerrilla leader
• Túlio Quintiliano died after the Chilean coup of September 1973Brazilian Trotskyist Murdered by Chile Junta in Intercontinental Press vol. 11 no. 44, 10 December 1973 · named in the article as Comrade Cardoso; disappeared after arrest
• Elsa Reiss died October 1978Elsa Reiss Dies in Paris in Intercontinental Press/Inprecor vol. 16 no. 43, 13 November 1978 · Elisabeth K. Poretsky; by Pierre Frank
• Alfred Rosmer died 6 May 1964Alfred Rosmer in World Outlook Vol. 2, No. 20, 15 May 1964
• Ettore Salvini obituary, 15 April 1976Italy: Ettore Salvini, 1938-1976 in Inprecor no. 49, 15 April 1976
• Mario Roberto Santucho died 19 July 1976Argentina: Mario Roberto Santucho — Declaration of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International in Inprecor no. 57, 9 September 1976 · a declaration of the United Secretariat
• Gisela Scholtz died 14 February 1982Gisela Scholtz, 1935-1982 in Intercontinental Press/Inprecor vol. 20 no. 8, 8 March 1982 · from French Inprecor
• Natalia Sedova-Trotsky died 23 January 1962Natalia Sedova in Fourth International No. 14, Winter 1961–62
• Frank Stagg died 12 February 1976Ireland: Self-Determination for the Irish People! — Statement of the International Executive Committee of the Fourth International in Inprecor no. 44, 19 February 1976 · a statement of the International Executive Committee on his death on hunger strike
• Shuji Sugawara died 21 September 1978Shuji Sugawara-1949-1978 in Intercontinental Press/Inprecor vol. 16 no. 41, 30 October 1978 · a statement of the Japan Revolutionary Communist League
• Luis Turcios Lima died 2 October 1966Luis Turcios Killed in Auto Crash in World Outlook Vol. 4, No. 31, 14 October 1966 · leader of the Guatemalan FAR