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A tribute to Godfrey - IWA Greenwich

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Channel: Proletarian TV · 2013 · News & Politics

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Mandeep, a young organiser of the Grenwich & Bexley branch of the Indian Workers' Association, pays tribute to Godfrey Andries Cremer, Scientist, Teacher, lifelong communist and founding member of the CPGB-ML. He is remembered as an example and guiding light by a generation of young communists who knew him and learned from his example.

This and other contributions were made at a memorial meeting held in April 2012, attended by many of his closest friends, family and comrades, who packed into Saklatvala Hall to share our sorrow at Godfrey's passing and our joy that he has enriched our lives.

Despite our sadness, it was an inspiring and uplifting celebration of the 50 selfless and meaningful years Godfrey devoted to the finest cause in all the world - the fight for the liberation of mankind.

Godfrey's deep love for humanity, his profound marxist understanding, and his determination to use all his talent to serve the working class by building a truly revolutionary movement dedicated to their emancipation from wage slavery, and a communist party capable of directing that struggle, were his consistent motivating forces, and his enduring legacy.

It was this higher cause and meaning that enabled him to harness his creative powers and live an outstanding and exemplary life; a life full of passion and joy, free of black despair and wasted, petty and meaningless years.

Godfrey faced his final moments with the same optimism and fortitude that characterized his life. His abiding certainty was that his life's work was a great gift to humanity - and we salute him for it.

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Being a British communist - A tribute paid by his lifelong friend and comrade, Harpal Brar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD913i8TZro

Iris & Godfrey - a tribute from his wife, lifelong friend and comrade, Iris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc-WRxrYstk

Funeral oration by Harpal Brar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLl-LWxeWg

A poem for Godfrey -- written and recited by Ella Rule
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83fJZ52mhFw

Words for Godfrey - from Joti Brar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUgCZDtNMI

A tribute to Godfrey - IWA Greenwich & Bexley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDvbERdkwJ4

A tribute to Godfrey -- from his brother Adrian
http://youtu.be/Z0VVZ_En9U8

A tribute to Godfrey - from his friend Kwame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whIcgwKqIT0

http://www.cpgb-ml.org
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