He left too soon
Phillip Chee
N. brought home last week's Now from Toronto. In it was a rather late obituary for an old comrade, Murray Bookchin. I've written about him earlier and reading Wayne Robert's fine obituary reminded me of my youth and the unforgettable legacy that Murray has left in me. Things are slowly changing toward his foresight.
He was a real human, with his share of flaws, but he will be remembered for his public intellectualism. He always came second to Rachel Carson, Fritz Schumacher, and Jane Jacobs in the eyes of the media as Roberts points out.
I will cherish the autograph in what I think is his best work, "The Rise of Urbanization and the Decline of Citizenship", and the copy of "The Spanish Anarchists" that he gave me on my first trip to Burlington, Vermont.
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