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Dave Anderson, 1952-2024

DAVE ANDERSON was one of those rare activists who was liked by all who met him. A Coventry trade unionist who died after being nominated for a council seat on a Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (Tusc) platform was nevertheless a daily reader of the Morning Star. He also delivered the paper to people who had mobility problems.

Former MP and Coventry TUC activist Dave Nellist reflected on part of his life in one of four orations given at Dave’s funeral.

Dave was a proud council-house tenant. He was a prominent campaigner against transferring the city council’s homes to Whitefriars 25 years ago, a housing association now known as Citizen, believing that would lead to less tenant access and control — as it has done.

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