NOVANEWS
Comrade GeorGe BeNNett
It is with heavy hearts that the committee learned of the death of Comrade George Bennett on 26
April, following a stroke. George was born on 8 September 1923 and came to Britain from Kingston, Jamaica as a young man. He was no ‘pushover’ for anyone and always supported his trade union and fellow workers within his workplace (mostly the Post Office). Equally, he would stand up to racism or any form of bullying, no matter where it came from or the odds against him. From early on, Comrade George sought answers to the questions of the day and found them in Marxism Leninism. In 1991, when the Stalin Society was formed in Britain, George was there supporting it from the start. In later life, George found himself in the CPB, but he was not happy with the line taken by the leaders of that party on support for the Labour party, the belittling of the Soviet Union and the role of comrade JV Stalin within it.
A good friend introduced him to the CPGB-ML and George joined after a short period of studying the party. George described the feeling he had when joining as “like coming home!” Ever the optimist, he stood firm whatever the difficulties and never wavered for a second in his political beliefs or his commitment to the Although he suffered with respiritory problems during his last years, George remained his cheerful self and would always do whatever he could for the party and the Stalin Society when his health permitted it, despite being now in his 80s.
It was a pleasure to know Comrade George and we are richer for the experience. He was a man who really disliked any ‘fuss’ regarding himself or the work that he had done for the cause – a truly modest man who just got on with things. We pay him the highest accolade we can think of – that he was a communist and that we were proud to call him Comrade.
