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Comrade Eli Messinger
Tue, June 26, 2018 @ 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Marxist Education Project lost long-term comrade Eli Messinger today, June 22, 2018.
The published obituary is below. In the middle of obituary are these key sentences: “A tireless activist for a wide range of anti-war, human rights, and revolutionary social change efforts. Eli was a committed fighter with a great sense of humor.”
Eli joined The Marxist Education Collective in 1977 and worked more than tirelessly well into the 1980s. He never gave up interest nor lacked in support of the project to provide non-dogmatic non-sectarian Marxist education to as broad a public as possible. He was instrumental in establishing a Science Task Force at The New York Marxist School and did much to expand our focus on developments in science in classes, forums and other key parts of our curriculum.
All of us at The Marxist Education Project express our sympathy to Eli’s family, many friends and the wide world of comrades he selflessly shared his life with.
MESSINGER, Eli Charles MD
Died June 22, 2018, aged 81.Beloved husband of Barbara Barnes. Wonderful father to Daniel [Batya], Miriam [Felicia], Adam [Kira], Benjie [Jamie]. Grandfather of 8, great-grandfather of 2. Survived by sister, Susan Avner, and former wife, Ruth Messinger. Beloved son of Ben and Edna Messinger. Child and adolescent psychiatrist, political activist, Marxist intellectual. Worked for 30 years in child and adolescent psychiatry at Metropolitan Hospital. A tireless activist for a wide range of anti-war, human rights, and revolutionary social change efforts. Eli was a committed fighter with a great sense of humor. Graduated Lafayette College 1955, Harvard Medical School 1959.
Funeral service Tuesday, 12 noon, Plaza Funeral Home, 630 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024. The family will be at 41 W 96th St. (Apt. 3A) Tuesday from 4-7 pm.
Contributions may be made to Perlman Music Program https://perlmanmusicprogram.org/support/support-us, 19 W 69th St., Rm 1101, NY, NY 10023 or the Marxist Education Project https://marxedproject.org/product/donation/