Chanie Rosenberg

Chanie Rosenberg (born 1922) is a South African-born artist, former teacher and socialist who is the sister of Michael Kidron, the widow of Tony Cliff, and a founder member of the Socialist Workers Party in Britain.[1]

Life

Chanie Rosenberg was born to a Jewish Zionist family in South Africa. In 1944 she moved to Palestine to live on a kibbutz where she met Yigael Gluckstein, better known under his pen name of Tony Cliff. After the war she moved to Britain where she was active as a socialist against fascists in East London and worked as a teacher who was active in the National Union of Teachers.[2] She is also an artist whose sculpture has been exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts.[3]

Selected writings

References

  1. Short biography
  2. Interview with Chanie Rosenberg
  3. Review of Fighting Fit

Further reading

External links

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