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People gather to celebrate the life of communist activist Claudia Jones

MORE than 50 people gathered at London’s historic Highgate Cemetery on Sunday to celebrate the life of legendary communist activist Claudia Jones.

Jones, who is buried to the left of Karl Marx, died on Christmas Day 1964, having made a massive contribution to the movement for socialism in the United States and Britain. 

Among the speakers was Fran Heathcote, the first female general secretary of the PCS union.

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