MARY DAVIS says the centrality of the Jewish community and the Communist Party to anti-fascism in the 1930s is too often overlooked on the left
EDWINA STEWART, communist and civil-rights activist, died on Friday May 29. Her daughters were with her and she had been ill for a while.
Born Edwina Menzies in East Belfast, she was proud of her family who came from the radical Protestant tradition: both her parents were founder members of the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI).
Edwina followed in her parents’ footsteps and joined the Communist Party and it is in this capacity that she knew some of those families whose relatives went to fight fascism in Spain.
The daughter of a legendary blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter has spoken out against the reactionary move, says MIKE SCHNEIDER
JIM JUMP looks forward to the International Brigade Memorial Trust AGM taking place in Belfast later this week where the spirit of solidarity will be rekindled
Maggie Bowden was a trailblazing campaigning lawyer at Birnberg and Thompsons, women’s organiser of the Communist Party, and general secretary of Liberation


