Comments on: Colin Ward – an obituary and appreciation of the chuckling anarchist http://outrospection.org/2010/02/27/382 roman krznaric's empathy blog Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bernard Marszalek http://outrospection.org/2010/02/27/382/comment-page-1#comment-1691 Bernard Marszalek Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:15:31 +0000 http://outrospection.org/?p=382#comment-1691 Your remembrances of Colin are greatly appreciated. I met the gentleman only once while visiting London 12 years ago, but volunteered to be his US distributor of Anarchy in the early 60's - which simply meant that I received bulk copies to place in bookstores in Chicago. His work has been a guide to me for all these years. For me he was an intellectual companion of Paul Goodman - another writer who saw the innate goodness in people and their expressions of social creativity that are oblivious to most intellectuals. And I am pleased to find your blog by chance (a Google Alert) and want to commend you for carrying on in Colin's tradition. I look forward to your review of Jeremy Rifkin's <a>. Your remembrances of Colin are greatly appreciated. I met the gentleman only once while visiting London 12 years ago, but volunteered to be his US distributor of Anarchy in the early 60′s – which simply meant that I received bulk copies to place in bookstores in Chicago. His work has been a guide to me for all these years. For me he was an intellectual companion of Paul Goodman – another writer who saw the innate goodness in people and their expressions of social creativity that are oblivious to most intellectuals. And I am pleased to find your blog by chance (a Google Alert) and want to commend you for carrying on in Colin’s tradition.

I look forward to your review of Jeremy Rifkin’s .

]]> By: Nick Wilde http://outrospection.org/2010/02/27/382/comment-page-1#comment-1689 Nick Wilde Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:28:49 +0000 http://outrospection.org/?p=382#comment-1689 I was working in the library at Wandsworth Technical College whilst Colin was a Liberal Studies lecturer. He once confided in me that his two sons sang in the church choir but he couldn't stop them because he was an anarchist and believed in freedom. I did a couple of book reviews for Anarchy and later he did a talk to a Library Association meeting for me. I remember that the head of Liberal Studies considered it his duty to complete the Times crossword by the morning coffee break or the Principal would want to know why. Often Charle Fellows the librarian and I as well as numerous reference books were called in to help. His ideas were a great influence and I remain, at heart, an anarchist because of his ideas. I was working in the library at Wandsworth Technical College whilst Colin was a Liberal Studies lecturer. He once confided in me that his two sons sang in the church choir but he couldn’t stop them because he was an anarchist and believed in freedom. I did a couple of book reviews for Anarchy and later he did a talk to a Library Association meeting for me. I remember that the head of Liberal Studies considered it his duty to complete the Times crossword by the morning coffee break or the Principal would want to know why. Often Charle Fellows the librarian and I as well as numerous reference books were called in to help. His ideas were a great influence and I remain, at heart, an anarchist because of his ideas.

]]> By: Ken Worpole http://outrospection.org/2010/02/27/382/comment-page-1#comment-1688 Ken Worpole Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:54:55 +0000 http://outrospection.org/?p=382#comment-1688 Thank you, Roman, for this lovely appreciation, which told me many things about Colin I didn't know, hadn't realised, or had forgotten. It's a truly lovely piece. Ken Thank you, Roman, for this lovely appreciation, which told me many things about Colin I didn’t know, hadn’t realised, or had forgotten. It’s a truly lovely piece.
Ken

]]> By: annie l http://outrospection.org/2010/02/27/382/comment-page-1#comment-1684 annie l Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:11:49 +0000 http://outrospection.org/?p=382#comment-1684 Thanks for this. I feel like I've got to spend a little time with him, and am interested now to read his writing. Thanks for this. I feel like I’ve got to spend a little time with him, and am interested now to read his writing.

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