Tributes have poured in for the journalist and author Dawn Foster, who has died suddenly aged 34. Foster, a regular television commentator and a fierce critic of inequality, died of causes related to her long-term illness, according to friends. “We are immensely saddened to announce that our dear friend @DawnHFoster died suddenly at home this week, related to her long-term illness,” Butler wrote. “Dawn never wavered in her belief in a better world, and was never shy about fighting for it. Foster was a staff writer for Jacobin magazine, and a contributor to the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.

Source: The Guardian July 15, 2021 18:45 UTC