Oi veh ! Who else remembers Maurice Ludmer already ?
 (Pic: Andy Bell, David Edgar and Gerry Gable at Maurice Ludmer's grave on Sunday

 "In 1981, he died suddenly in the middle of a phone call to a Special Branch officer. He was just 54 and was buried at Birmingham Hebrew Congregation’s Witton Jewish Cemetery. His tombstone called him a “dedicated fighter against fascism, antisemitism and racism”.


Mr Gable discovered that the grave was in terrible condition and that the tombstone itself had toppled over.
So money was raised for the restoration of the grave and stone from his former trade union and anti-fascist colleagues, Jewish and non-Jewish.
At the ceremony on Sunday, those paying tribute included the (marxist) playwright David Edgar, who contributed a column to Searchlight during Mr Ludmer’s time as editor.
Also there were former trade union colleagues, including Paul Mackney, who succeeded Mr Ludmer as president of the Birmingham Trades Council, and the president of the Indian Workers Association, which showed “showed the respect and esteem Maurice was held by the migrant Post War communities from Uganda and the West Indies", Mr Gable said.
Mr Ludmer’s daughter, Karrie, read out a heartfelt tribute to her father, written with her sister, Benita.

Karie Ludmer reads at her father's grave (Photo: Karie Ludmer)

She described how, when their father died, “we were overwhelmed by the testimonies of condolence from near and far and acutely aware of how heavily and widely his loss was felt”.
Speaking to those gathered, Karrie Ludmer said she remembered her father’s cooking most fondly, saying she taught her how to make “the best chicken soup in the world”. She recalled his sense of humour and his devotion to the family dog, Butch, whom he would walk every afternoon for 20 minutes, having driven back from work especially.
She said Searchlight continued because of “dedicated people”.
As well as Mr Gable, TV producer Andy Bell, who took over Mr Ludmer’s editing duties when he had to stand down in 1980, was also present.
https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/tribute-to-a-campaigning-journalist-forty-years-on-maurice-ludmer-grave-1.488285

NWN: Ludmer died in the middle of a phone call to a Special Branch officer ? Yes, we all just happen to have the phone number and have lovely chats with Special Branch officers. Gerry Gable was also later, after 1981, given a paid position 'helping' the Metropolitan Police in the area of 'race relations'. You couldn't make it up . 'Searchlight' had close links with the IRA.

Ludmer organised many riots against the National Front including when the Young BNP was formed in Birmingham in the later 1970's. Pics of those riots look very very similar to what we are seeing today, with the 'Black Lives matter' bunch .