Malachi burns himself alive to protest Iraq war
by MJ Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006 at 12:46 AM
mjm@notinourname.net

Activist and artist Malachi Ritscher burns himself alive in Chicago in front of morning rush hour commuters to protest the war in Iraq.

The press has almost completely blacked out this news in mainstream press .
A long time Chicago activist, artist and contributer to the Chicago jazz scene has burned himself alive in an act of protest against the iraq war. He is only one of 10 Americans in history to have done this .
Buddist monks did this during the VietNam war.
On Friday, November 3, a man doused his body with gasoline and set himself afire to protest the war in Iraq . He died quietly in flames. His name was Malachi Ritscher.

Haven't seen it in the news? Me neither, which is kind of strange if you ask me, considering that it happened right here in downtown Chicago in front of hundreds of commuters during morning rush hour. The only conventional newspaper coverage to date was a tiny paragraph that appeared in the Saturday edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. Since then...nothing.

His death must not be in vain please spread the word...Chicago activists are planning a protest for Malachi and against the war saturday Nov. 198 in Chicago to get this out into the mainstream news.



Malachi Ritscher/ Chicago activist burns himself alive in protest of war.
All Google links:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=malachi+ritscher&btnG=Google+Search



http://www.iheardyoumalachi.org/story.html - Malichi's statement and site dedicated to keeping his story alive.

http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/74933/index.php- Saturday demo for Malachi and against the war

Who Is Malachi?

http://electroniciraq.net/news/printer2640.shtml by Nitsuh Abebe a thoughtful & well researched article: mental illness or form of protest
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http://www.savagesound.com/gallery100.htm Malachi will be missed in Chicago's jazz community.

Blog Lists:
http://chicago.metblogs.com/archives/2006/11/malachi_ritsche.phtml
-Peter Margasak's blog

http://pieceoplastic.com/index.php/2634/malachi-ritscher-rip/

http://chicago.metblogs.com/archives/2006/11/malachi_ritsche.phtml

http://ajbenjaminjr.blogspot.com/2006/11/postscript-on-malachi-ritscher.html -a reasonably fair and balanced view of Malachi , his life and activism

http://www.non-prophets.com'forum/viewtopic.php?t=34686 - a friend of Malachi's blogspot

Sites Malachi designed,maintained and contributed to:
http://www.savagesound.com
http://www.unwinnablewar.net
http://www.killthepresident.net
http://www.warwhores.us

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