Letter in memory of Marie Louise Berneri – George Padmore (1949)

Published in ‘Freedom, Anarchist Fortnightly’, Vol. 10, No. 11, May 28th, 1949

l was shocked to read of the death of our dear and esteemed Marie Louise Berneri. I hasten to offer you my deepest sympathy, realising the great loss you have suffered. I remember Marie Louise when she arrived in this country, a beautiful girl with a most stimulating mind, and followed her development and steadfast loyalty to her political convictions, which had my warmest respect. She died as she lived, an honest, upright woman, worthy of the highest and finest traditions of Anarchism.

Marie Louise Berneri will always be remembered by all Colonial comrades who had the pleasure of knowing her as a sincere supporter in our struggles against imperialism. I feel humble before her and salute the contribution she has made to the cause for which she lived and gave of her best.

London

George Padmore


See also:

The Yankee Peril, by Marie Louise Berneri (1943)

George Padmore texts at the Marxists Internet Archive

Marie Louise Berneri texts at the Anarchist Library

Anarchism and the British Warfare State: The Prosecution of the War Commentary Anarchists, 1945, by Carissa Honeywell (2015) (PDF download)

From DuBois to Fanon, by C.L.R. James (1967)

Zionism, from War Commentary (1944)

Anarchist Anti-Militarism

Anarchism & Indigenous Peoples

Marxism & Indigenous Peoples

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