I never had the pleasure of meeting Carrol  in person but I had known him online for more than twenty years from participating in such discussion lists as LBO-Talk,  Marxmail, and Marxism-Thaxis.  He taught me and (many others) a good deal about politics and even about literature. (i.e. Milton and Pound).  Even at times when I disagreed with him and thought him to be wrong,  he'd often turned out to be right just the same. Online, he often came across as being as a bit of a curmudgeon but it was always clear that he had a good heart and a sharp intellect. May he and Jan rest in power

Rest in peace, Carrol. Your emails over the years discussing politics were educational and supportive. 

I knew Carrol through our common participation on the LBO-Talk and Aut-op-sy Message Lists.  Carrol and I disagreed on many political issues.  Almost everything.  At times our arguments became acrimonious.  In fact, on the rare occasion we agreed, we would chuckle and point it out.  Later on, however, we had a few warm exchanges on Facebook.  Unlike so many people, he took the time to actually study the ideas of those with whom he disagreed, and I really respected that.  It was interesting to read his brief biography here.  What a life well-spent!  Rest In peace.

Carrol and I were often confused for one another on Milton-L, the scholarly network to which we both belonged and contributed prodigiously at times.  After a while, given our frequently divergent perspectives on various topics, the fact that people mistook him for me or me for him became a source of amusement to both of us.

He will be missed.

Rest in peace, "namesake"!

I met Carroll at a demonstration on the quad at ISU in 1968. He became a mentor and a friend. He introduced me to Marx, Engles, Fanon, and Achebe; to name just a few. We went to/organized many a demonstration together and bailed me out of jail.  When I turned up on his front porch years later emotionally and spiritually and emotionally broken, I had a place to re-group and heal. When my child started Chiddix Junior High, the   officials there looked at his race and birthplace and placed him in a remedial reading class Carroll, with the help of Milton and Thomas Harding showed them the folly of their ways.
Carroll Cox was my friend, and I will miss having him in my life.
Rest in power

My condolences to the family. I met Carrol on the Milton List, where he was a prominent, unforgettable voice. He was a phenomenal man in many respects, and could quote much of Milton from memory. He will be missed. RIP, Carrol.

I never met Carrol, but I've participated with him in many online discussions over the years on the Milton discussion list, and I'm saddened to hear that he has passed.  I will miss his smart, trenchant commentary and his good humor.  Best wishes and sincere condolences to his family and his friends.  He had a distinctive critical voice, and our discussions on Milton-l will be much less lively and challenging without it.

I learned this afternoon of Carrol's passing and I send my sympathies to his family. I was a corespondent on a list where Carrol and I exchanged friendly if sometimes contending views. I'm so sorry that he is gone. I have respected his intelligence and steadfastness in his social and political outlook and opinions through the years. I am ninety-four myself and I am thankful for my good health, given some a-fib; but as Time Magazine's sententious radio voice used to intone in its obituaries, "As must to all men..." 

While I never had the opportunity to meet Carrol in person, I'll always remember the liveliness of our online exchanges and his eagerness to share ideas.

Requiescat in pace.

I’m very sorry I never met Carroll, though in the early days of the Left Internet he was a feisty champion of social justice, anti-imperialism and critical thinking. Argumentative he was, but always intelligent and challenging. I miss him already, and those who were close to him must bear a great loss. Still, what a life.

What a long strange journey it's been.   Did we mention in the obituary that I joined one of the Venceremos Brigades and went to Cuba for  couple of months in 1970?  No, I didn't think we did.   I learned about the revolution, worked in  fruit orchards and of course wasn't underfoot with the new baby and all.  (Hi Mark).

But all these years later I found myself back in Bloomington talking to my father day after day.   What a gift.   


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Carrol B. Cox, Jr.

July 22, 1930 – August 10, 2018

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