OVER A HUNDRED labour moverenlken representatives, socialists and friends attended crowded memorial service veteran revolutionary Sam Gordon who died last week.
Dozens of messages were read out by Connie Harris to the assembly from Labour Party branches, women's groups and revolutionary organisaand militants from LOUS arouno lie worc.
In particular, came from the American Socialist Workers Party, revolutionary Holland, Sweden and Norway and trom leaders Fourth Internaluilal. including JETICSI Mandel.
Tributes were made by a succession of starting with CLR James Scancis wno recorded the deep bond that existed between Socialist Challenge" 25 March 1982* himself and Sam in their pic-wal days In Other speakers included Tarbuck and John Archer as well as a Labour Party speaker Two speakers, Alan Harris and Charlie van Gelderen, spoke as long time comrades of Sam and for the Marxist Group Fourth International.
Gelderen carte val recalled what he thought was the decisive contribution that Sam had made to the building of the Fourth International in maintaining and building the links between sections in the difficult years of the Second World War Alan Harris spoke in similar vein.
'Sam's was dedicated towards helping resolve this most acutt and difficult problem of our time - that of assembling a proletarian leadership capable of winning the vast majority workers to a revolutionary socialist consciousness and practice, he said.
Harris recalled that before Sam was 21 years old he was editing the American Militant. His literary work continued throughout his publications of the Fourth International and major translations such Hilferding's book, Finance Capital, STONI German into English.
Sam became the ad-