Obituaries

17 August 1939 - 13 July 2004

Today we heard that Toma Ŝik is dead - overrun by a tractor during a nightly walk home through the fields to his newly-bought old farm somewhere in a forgotten part of Hungary which should have fulfilled his dream of establishing a commune of organic-humanist (and vegan) "new peasants".

He was a pioneer of the Israeli-Palestinian search for peace, a forerunner of the present day pacifist-refusniks and actively involved in many struggles. For decades his friendly bearded face was to be seen at any demonstration.

Tony Smythe

by Harold F. Bing

Tony Smythe, who has died aged 65, was one of those people rightwing commentators blame for the alleged decline of British standards and values in the 1960s and 1970s. He was associated with, and in many cases spearheaded, most of the important human rights and emancipatory campaigns then and in subsequent decades. He became general secretary of the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) in 1966.

Obituary by Michael Randletraducción en español
Conscientious Objection and War Resistance by Tony Smythe (War Resistance Vol.2 No.21, 1967)
Tony Smythe leaves the WRI office by Harold Bing (War Resistance Vol.2 No.11, 1964)