A true internationalist

posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 13:16

I was really sad to hear about the death of Jack Jones, a lifelong trade unionist and veteran of the Spanish Civil War. Jack should be an inspiration to us all. Born James Larkin Jones, the son of a Liverpool docker, he worked in the docks himself for some years and later became the leader of the TGWU. In the 1930s he joined thousands of other Britons in fighting for the International Brigades in Spain. He truly understood the meaning of internationalism.

We will write a proper obituary shortly but I just wanted to add my respect to the man who fought for justice and humanity his entire life. If we could achieve just half of what Jack did then the world would be a better place.