the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Aug 4, 2025
This article is translated from the July 25 issue, #2973 of Lutte Ouvrière (Workers Struggle), the paper of the Trotskyist group of that name active in France.
“Our comrade Isaac Szmulewicz, whom we called Charron, also known as André Victor, has passed away at the age of 84. The son of a father deported to Auschwitz and a Jewish family from Poland, Charron began his activism in the precursor to Lutte Ouvrière in the early 1960s. He helped develop it in the provinces, first in Lyon and then in Marseille. Many of us knew him through the Presles fete, which he supervised almost from the beginning. He was a musician in his spare time and had a talent for humor. Ill for several years, he refused to give up. Sensing his end approaching, he left us this farewell: “In my entire life, I have been nothing but a modest activist. I hope to have worked to one day create a revolutionary party. I’m done. Long life and success to the living!” We will not forget you, comrade.”
And everyone from Spark who attended the fete in Presles won’t forget him either.