Obituary: Activist, Advocate, Comrade
A prominent leader of India’s fishworkers succumbed to COVID-19 on 8 October. T Peter was a committed organizer and a practical leader with exemplary political acumen. T Peter, the General Secretary of the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), India, passed away on 8 October, 2020. About a week earlier, on 2 October, Peter had led a protest at sea in Kollam (Quilon), Kerala, against a shipping corridor routed through the famous ‘Quilon bank’, a rich fishing ground falling between the 200-metre and 500-metre depth lines. He was unaware that he had already contracted the virus.
Title of publication: Samudra Report
期号: 84
国际标准刊号: 0976-1121
页数: 38-40
作者: V Vivekanandan
组 织: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
年份: 2020
国家: India
类别: Газетная статья
内容语言: English