Immensely sad to hear that John Molyneux died suddenly last night in Dublin. Earlier this year, I was part of getting John’s Selected Writings ready for publication and was struck by how much of his writing, spanning 50 years, I had previously read because it was really essential for becoming and remaining a revolutionary socialist in those decades of retreat and defeat for the working class movement. John had an outstanding intellect, vast knowledge and endless patience and empathy in making his points, in a straightforward and compelling way. In his foreword to the book John makes the point that to be a part of a revolutionary organisation over many years is to benefit greatly from the influence of hundreds, perhaps thousands of comrades. John made a huge contribution to that community of militants, to thousands of people across the world, who shared his view that “the self-emancipation of the working class, its revolutionary role as the agent of socialism, is the fundamental principle of Marxism, the starting point on which all else is built”, and his legacy will live on in the struggles that he dedicated his life to and that they will continue to be engaged in. My deepest condolences to his partner Mary, his wider family and to all his friends and comrades in Britain, Ireland and further afield.