(September 1, 1949 - November 15, 2014) Editor's Note: Because Leslie Feinberg preferred the pronouns "she/zie" and "her/hir" we are using those pronouns in this article. Leslie Feinberg, pioneer transgender revolutionary, author and activist, has died at the age of...
June 20, 2007 Dear people of Cuba: It was with profound sorrow that we learned of the death of beloved comrade Vilma Espín, who was an exemplary revolutionary not only for Cuba but for the world. Her actions, from an early age, in the clandestine struggle against the...
On Jan. 31, Coretta Scott King passed away at age 78. She was a leader within the Civil Rights movement, a woman who fought for economic and social justice for the Black community, the LGBT community and poor and working people. Coretta Scott was born in Heiberger,...
This article first appeared in the January 2007 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine. January 15 marks the anniversary of the 1919 assassination of communist leader Rosa Luxemburg. She, along with her comrade Karl Liebknecht, were leaders of the revolutionary...
On Oct. 8, 1967, Ernesto "Che" Guevara—a revolutionary hero—was captured in battle in the jungles of Bolivia. Che was leading Bolivian and Cuban guerrillas in a struggle to free Bolivia from capitalist and imperialist exploitation. On Oct. 9 the Bolivian military—at...
Veteran Chinese communist Zhang Chunqiao died of throat cancer on April 21, 2005, at the age of 88. The official New China News Agency announced his death on May 10. Despite Zhang’s distinguished career as a communist theoretician and organizer, his death was given no...