Obituary – Page 5 – People's World

Harry Belafonte—Giant of the arts and the struggle for justice and democracy

April 26, 2023 By Special to People’s World

Speaking of himself, Belafonte said he was “an activist who became an artist: I was not an artist who became an activist.”

Gary Hicks—Mentor, revolutionary, and poet—¡Presente!

April 20, 2023 By Sharon Rose And Danny Shaw

Remembering modern revolutionary Renaissance Man.

Hans Modrow, 1928-2023: Son of the German Democratic Republic

February 22, 2023 By Keith Barlow

The man who oversaw the peaceful yet tragic end to state socialism in the east, then stayed to fight for the working class in the newly unified Germany, passed away on February 10, aged 95.

In memory and in honor of draft resister David Harris

February 14, 2023 By Edward Hasbrouck

After Muhammad Ali, David Harris (1946 - 2023) was probably the most influential figure in the resistance to the military draft during the U.S. war in Indochina.

Water Protector and intrepid warrior Joye Braun passes on

January 6, 2023 By Albert Bender

She was the first to set up her lodge in the snow at Standing Rock to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).