Alice M .

August 26 marks the anniversary of John Cummins’ birth in 1948. John Cummins was a courageous and inspirational working class leader who dedicated his life to the battles of working people for a better life.

Comrade Charlie McCaffrey

(from Vanguard February 1987)

Comrade Charlie McCaffrey has passed away. His death came quietly in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday February 11 after a brief illness.

by Alice M.
(from Vanguard October 2012)

On September 6, Betty Oke, a longtime member of the CPA (M-L) who dedicated her life and work to the interests of ordinary people and building the Communist Party, passed away at the age of 93.

The following is the obituary for former CPA (M-L) Chairperson Neil McLean published in Vanguard on November 2012.

Members and supporters of the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) are saddened by news of the death of Comrade Neil McLean.

E.F. Hill’s funeral oration for Patrick Malone

Patrick Malone has left behind him a lasting monument. It is a monument of a man of the greatest single-minded integrity. That integrity came from his devotion and adherence to the cause of the liberation of the workers and all oppressed people.

Born Edward Fowler Hill at Mildura, he lived most of his life in Melbourne where he assumed positions of leadership in the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) and the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist).

Hill ...