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| andy Brooks, Michael Chant and Chris Coleman |
By New Worker
correspondent
New
Communist Party (NCP) leaders joined other communists, trade unionists and
peace activists to pay their last respects to Ann Rogers at her funeral in
Ruislip last week. NCP leader Andy Brooks, together with Party Chair Alex
Kempshall, and Daphne Liddle, Pat Abrahams and Peter Hendy from the Central
Committee, paid tribute to the memory of a leading member of the NCP who was
National Organiser and Editor of the {New Worker} during the turbulent times of
the 1980s and 1990s when the very existence of the Party was at stake.
Throughout her life Ann worked tirelessly
for peace and socialism in the union movement, CND and the NCP, and this was
reflected in the solemn gathering at the Breakspear Crematorium in Middlesex
last week. RCPB (ML) comrades Michael Chant and Chris Coleman were there, along
with members of the Rogers family and many others who worked alongside Ann in
local and national campaigns for peace and socialism.
The ceremony was opened by Kate Hobson
from the Humanist Association, who focused on Ann’s life and her contribution
to society that spanned the decades. Kate introduced Pat Abraham and Daphne
Liddle, who both spoke about Ann’s life as a communist and her ground-breaking
work as Editor of the {New Worker}. Beryl Pankhurst, a personal friend and
fellow Woodcraft Folk member followed on with memories of Ann’s life.
The ceremony fittingly closed with a
robust rendering of the {Internationale}, the communist anthem that does,
indeed, unite the human race.
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