Obituary – Page 34 – People's World

Pete Seeger and the revolutionary power of song

January 29, 2014 By PW Editorial

The world is mourning the death of Pete Seeger, the lanky folksinger with a banjo, who proved in his 94 years the awesome power of song as a force for revolutionary change.

Carter Camp, warrior for Native rights, dies at 72

January 22, 2014 By Albert Bender

After decades of struggle, Camp died Dec. 27, 2013 on tribal land in White Eagle, Okla. He was 72.

Amiri Baraka: 1934 – 2014

January 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

"He did for the English syntax what Monk did with the chord. He was an original."

Richard Hart, Jamaican Marxist and historian, dies

January 6, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Richard Hart, a towering figure of the Jamaican and Caribbean left, died in Bristol, England, on Dec. 21, 2013, at 96 years of age.

Honoring Grace Bassett, lifelong drum major for justice

November 27, 2013 By Jarvis Tyner

Our dear Grace was one of those drum majors for freedom and peace and we loved her for that.