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I am in shock. I have just learned that an old friend and comrade from my Chicago days, Malachi Ritscher, died by self-immolation in an act of political protest. This past Friday [Nov. 3, 2006], as...
View ArticleMalachi Ritscher’s Identity Confirmed
Peter Margasak reports on his Chicago Reader blog that yesterday the Cook County Medical Examiner has officially confirmed that Malachi Ritscher was the person who died by self-immolation on the...
View ArticleSchrodinger’s Wound. The Impact of Malachi Ritscher’s Death.
The death of someone you know or even love is always difficult and painful for those left behind. When it comes through such shocking circumstances as Malachi Ritscher’s, it is even moreso. That his...
View ArticleRitscher Family Statement
Following is a Nov. 18, 2006 public statement from “the parents and siblings” of Malachi Ritscher (born Mark David Ritscher). The family emailed the statement to Jenn Diaz, who created...
View ArticlePress Coverage of Malachi Ritscher’s Death
In an earlier post, I said the news that the Cook County M.E. officially had identified Malachi Ritscher “will not appear in the local mainstream papers”. I was incorrect, and I’d like to correct the...
View ArticleAl Jazeera on the Death of Malachi Ritscher
On January 13, 2008, Al Jazeera’s english-language station aired a story about my late friend Malachi Ritscher. As I posted here about at the time, he died on the morning November 3, 2006 when he set...
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In memoriam: Malachi (Mark David) Ritscher, Jan. 13, 1954 – Nov. 3, 2006
There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no joy like freedom. – The Dhammapada About Malachi
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