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Issy Wyner (1916-2008) was a Jewish-Australian Trotskyist, political activist, commentator and Mayor of Leichhardt, in Sydney's Inner West. Wyner authored several books and publications on politics

Early life
Issy Wyner was born in Paddington, Sydney in 1916, and grew up in the Rozelle-Balmain area.

Growing up through the Great Depression of the 1930s, Wyner experienced the power of community and what it was to be Jewish and a migrant in Australia at that time.

Career
an early member of the Workers Party, the first Trotskyist group in Australia, formed in May 1933

In media
Interview with Dr. Barry York in 2007, for the Museum of Australian Democracy (MOAD) at Old Parliament House, Canberra. It was in preparation for the exhibition Scarred and Strengthened in 2007.