Fifth Annual Robert Fitch Memorial Lecture, May 5, 2016 LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York IN MEMORIAL: These words, contributed by our editorial board member Samuel Stein, are an excerpt of a tribute read at Peter Kwong’s memorial service in May of 2017. As Samuel points out, Peter was heavily invested in bringing out the contributions of … [Read more...] about ROBERT FITCH: A TRUE PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL
AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN PUERTO RICO HAS BECOME THE WORLD’S FIRST FAVELA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
By Laura Bachmann In San Juan, Puerto Rico, government, residents, and technical professionals created a Community Land Trust (CLT), known locally as Fideicomiso de la Tierra, to preserve and develop informal communities along the Martín Peña Canal. A specially created public corporation, ENLACE, regularized land holdings in the communities, developed fair relocation … [Read more...] about AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN PUERTO RICO HAS BECOME THE WORLD’S FIRST FAVELA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
RESURRECTING BOB FITCH: RECOVERING SOLIDARITY, RECLAIMING SOULS
Second Robert Fitch Memorial Lecture, May 13, 2013 LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York DOUG HENWOOD: It was a great honor to give the first Bob Fitch memorial lecture, and it’s a great honor to be introducing the second. Those of you who heard me a year ago, or read the text on the web, may remember that I knew Bob for about 20 years, but I’d … [Read more...] about RESURRECTING BOB FITCH: RECOVERING SOLIDARITY, RECLAIMING SOULS
EXPLAINING WHAT GOES ON IN THE WORLD: IN MEMORY OF BOB FITCH
First Annual Robert Fitch Memorial Lecture, May 21, 2012 LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York I want to start by saying how honored I am to be giving this, the first Bob Fitch memorial lecture. I dearly hope there will be a second and many more after that, and it’s up to some of us in this room to make that happen. I admired Bob tremendously. I can’t … [Read more...] about EXPLAINING WHAT GOES ON IN THE WORLD: IN MEMORY OF BOB FITCH
ROBERT FITCH MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES FROM PROGRESSIVE CITY
Robert (Bob) Fitch was a writer, researcher, teacher and organizer. He was born in 1939, and died tragically in 2011 from complications resulting from a fall near LaGuardia Community College, where he taught for many years. Every year since, LaGuardia has held a Robert Fitch Memorial Lecture, in which writers present thoughts inspired by Fitch’s work. Progressive City is proud … [Read more...] about ROBERT FITCH MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES FROM PROGRESSIVE CITY