Norman Geras

[4] Arriving in the UK in 1962,[5] he read philosophy, politics and economics at Pembroke College, Oxford, and graduated in 1965.

Connected with the Trotskyist International Marxist Group at the time of writing his study of Rosa Luxemburg's political thought, The Times obituarist wrote of Geras' aim for the book: "He set out to defend (as he would then have seen it) Luxemburg’s Marxist orthodoxy.

It may seem perverse to Geras’s later admirers across the political divide that he would then have regarded this as a point in Luxemburg’s favour, but the quality of his scholarship was undeniable.

[9] After retiring as a Professor in 2003, he wrote a blog,[10] which focused on political issues, such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which he supported, his academic interests, and a range of other topics, including popular music, cricket and films.

Geras rejected terrorism, but argued that violence could be justified in the case of grave social injustices.