Obituary: Nat Posner (1962)

Obituary from the August 1962 issue of the Socialist Standard

Bloomsbury Branch have sadly learned of the death of Nat Posner, who had been ill for some time. A member for over twenty years, he had known and supported the Party a long time and had interested workers in Socialism for more than forty years. Some of these joined the Party thirty years ago becoming very active in propaganda work. Originally working as a group at their place of work they sold thousands of Socialist Standards and pamphlets and took regular weekly collections for the Party from sympathizers over a period of years. Thus, our comrade Posner by quietly and patiently convincing others, set off a chain of socialist activity. He was a frequent chairman at outdoor meetings especially at Hyde Park; a consistent and staunch member, he will be missed.

P. H.

Blogger's Note:

This obituary notice was already on the blog. It was part of a News from the Branches column that was originally posted on the blog back in 2014 but it was somehow lost in the mix. Comrade Posner's obituary deserves its own post. Nat Posner originally joined the Bloomsbury Branch of the SPGB in February 1940, and his Form A tells us that before he joined the SPGB, he was a member of the Communist Party, He wrote a handful of articles for the Socialist Standard in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and they are well worth checking out.