Article: A cause worth giving your life for; On returning to his native Liverpool, one of Britain's greatest trade unionists and a Spanish Civil War veteran revealed his undying passion for humanity.(Features)

Byline: David Charters reports

THE night finished in the old style with comrades linking arms to sing the Internationale, just as they had done all those years ago, when he reached for justice with hardened hands, a young heart and a mountain of faith.

"Arise, ye workers from your slumber, arise, ye prisoners of want, for reason in revolt now thunders, and at last ends the age of cant!"

But hours before that came a simple moment, which revealed the spirit of this gracious old man with a badge glowing on his lapel, who had, in his time, trembled the souls of prime ministers.

"You first, ladies," he said. For he had reached the big door at the same moment as ...

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