tragic loss with the death of Susan Kenyon, in hospital after a short illness, on Saturday 21 February in Sheffield. ner dean, trom pneumonia tollowing "flu, was sudden and unexpected at the age of 29. All those who knew her -comrades, friends and her family - will never forget her qualities as a militant In the liviG, the National Union of Teachers, the Labour Party and Sheffield Trades Council.
After joining the IMG in 1972, Susan established herself in the Sheffield labour movement as a militant who under stood the importance for revolutionaries of being able to demonstrate politics in practice - ot being able to operate amongst other tendencies and traditines. which as yet carry far greater political weight than the revolutionary currents.
Without ever conceding one iota of her politics, she won the respect of mintants trom all tendencies by ner ability to fight relentlessly for her ideas without ever adopting sectarian or propagandist stances. One of the largest ever funerals given to a worker militant in Sheffield was attended by members of all workers organisations who responded to these abilities with affection and respect.
Both as a revolutionary faminist and as a woman, Susan suffered and maintained an unceasing political battle against the oppression of women. Even. tually the pressures of her work as a teacher, added to her political activity and the burdens she shouldered in bringing up her daughter Justine, brought her to break her formal membership of the IMG last year. She never had political differences with the IMG, but her pos