Michael Rossman
Writings and Then Some

Web manager's note: Michael Rossman left this earthly plane May 12, 2008 after a short battle with cancer. He had begun assembling this website after he learned of his illness. Although it was his intention that "This website is forever under construction …" alas, his direct contribution to its content has ended. Further work will be put into residual content addition and correction. Please direct comments or questions to: lcushing "at" igc.org

A memorial service will be held
Monday, June 23, 4-8 pm, Unitarian Universalist Church in Kensington.

Obituaries, testimonials, and other public responses
"The Art and Science of Living Well," Becky O'Malley, Berkeley Daily Planet, 5/15/2008.
" '60s activist Michael Rossman dies in Berkeley," Michael Taylor, S.F. Chronicle, 5/17/2008
"Reflections on the passing of Michael Rossman," Lincoln Cushing, Docs Populi, 5/17/2008
"Free Speech Movement leader dies at 68," Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune, 5/17/2008
"Michael Rossman, Who Fought for Campus Rights, Dies at 68," Margalit Fox, New York Times, 5/19/2008
"Michael Rossman: All Of Us Or None," Mark Vallen, Art for a Change, 5/19/2008

Links to public documents featuring Michael Rossman
Unpublished interview 4/2007 with Michael Rossman on the political history of Telegraph Avenue.
YouTube documentary clip on LSD and 1960s political activism.

Rebroadcast of a very informative interview Michael gave last year about the All Of Us Or None archive on Soap Box Derby, KALX's call-in talk show; 9-9:30 PM Thursday June 12th on KALX.
Hear it at 90.7FM & on-line at http://kalx.berkeley.edu


Newly Accessible

Elementary Science Education

Lessons & reflections from 29 years of teaching.

The Berkeley Free Speech Movement

42 years of writing about the FSM.

Political Posters

Diverse essays for starters, with one (so far) well-illustrated.

Uncollected Essays

Some favorites, more to come.

Poetry

A broad selection, partially organized.

Translations

Lorca, Neruda, Vallejo and Lao-Tzu

Anomalies

Concerning inquiry into paranormal phenomena.

Michael's Leukemia Blog

The version with people's comments appears at http://mrossman.livejournal.com

  

Learning-Games

A new pedagogy from a vanished, unsung movement.

Previously Published

The Wedding Within the War
     (Doubleday, 1971)

My chronicle of the Movement, 1958-1970

On Learning and Social Change
     (Random House, 1972)

Radical perspectives on higher education reform.

New Age Blues: The Politics of Consciousness
     (E. P. Dutton, 1979)

Social critique of the emergent New Age movement.

Winds of the People
     (Impulse Press, 1986)

Poetry of the Spanish Civil War.

 

Bibliography

 

Caveats and prognostications from the original site, in Michael's own words:

No cosmetics yet; lots of substance on diverse topics, more to come.

Please tell me about any functional problems with the site, as well as editing mistakes.

I hope for help in making the science education, FSM, and poster materials visible to people who might be interested. I'll be grateful for any advice or help in making links to these pages from other related sites, to make these visible to search engines.

Suggestions as to how to proceed to book publication of the science education and FSM materials will be gratefully received.

Copyright & permissions requests should be directed to the web manager.

page last updated 6/9/2008