ELENI VARIKAS, A revolutionary Marxist-Feminist French-Greek professor of political philosophy, best known for her pioneering use of the concept of gender in French research, died of heart failure in Paris in early January 2026. She was 76 years old and the life partner of Michael Löwy, the French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. Both were contributors to ATC and good friends of its sponsoring organization, Solidarity. For those of us who knew Eleni personally, our memories (…)

Eleni Varikas, féministe, philosophe, militante et camarade, est l'une des nôtres ! Elle nous a quittés le 10 janvier, emportant avec elle notre plus profonde admiration et notre plus grand respect ! Eleni Varikas intervenant à Paris en 2017. Son engagement en faveur de la connaissance et de la recherche scientifiques, ses enseignements et ses ouvrages, richement écrits et traduits en plusieurs langues, ainsi que son activisme internationaliste continueront certainement à inspirer des (…)

When one of our own leaves us, we are left with a sad feeling of loss and longing, while at the same time bearing the responsibility of not letting their legacy be erased by the fine dust of time. Eleni Varikas speaking in Paris in 2017. Eleni Varikas, feminist, philosopher, activist and comrade, is one of us ! She left us on 10 January, taking with her our deepest admiration and respect ! Her commitment to scientific knowledge and research, her teachings and her works, richly written (…)