Tag Archives: John Rety
John Rety: “The point is this”
Obituary by Milan Rai John Rety, chessplayer, Freedom editor, novelist, poet, publisher, painter, pacifist and lifelong anarchist and activist, has died at the age of 79. John confessed in a radio interview in 2008 that he became aware of anarchism “quite late, really – I must have been 13 or 14.” This was during the [...]
Freedom editorial
It’s been a bleak beginning to the year 2010. Not only has January been the coldest month in over twenty years, right in the middle of a global recession and continuing financial crisis, but we have lost, in quick succession, some of the greatest political minds, radical thinkers and inspired anarchist comrades of our lifetime. [...]
Ave et Vale John Rety
We are saddened to report the death of John Rety, anarchist, poet and chess player who was editor of Freedom in the 1960’s. John died on February 3rd of a heart attack at home. John co-founded the Torriano Meeting House and published the Hearing Eye series of poetry books, while his column “through the anarchist [...]
