Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Hermann Gorter

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NOVEMBER 26 — HERMANN GORTER
Pioneering Dutch Council Communist, poet.

NOVEMBER 26 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
U.S.: THANKSGIVING. BAHA’I: COVENANT DAY. FESTIVAL OF BIG TALK.

ALSO ON 26 IN HISTORY…
1792 — American anti-slavery and suffragist activist Sarah Grimke born.
1864 — Dutch poet, council communist Hermann Gorter born, Wormerveer.
1883 — Black emancipationist Sojourner Truth dies, Battle Creek, Michigan.
1969 — Military draft lottery established in U.S.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective.

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I am an independent writer and editor based in Tucson, Arizona. In 2023: I publish an email newsletter called LANDLINE = https://jaybabcock.substack.com Previously: I co-founded and edited Arthur Magazine (2002-2008, 2012-13) and curated the three Arthur music festival events (Arthurfest, ArthurBall, and Arthur Nights) (2005-6). Prior to that I was a district office staffer for Congressman Henry A. Waxman, a DJ at Silver Lake pirate radio station KBLT, a copy editor at Larry Flynt Publications, an editor at Mean magazine, and a freelance journalist contributing work to LAWeekly, Mojo, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Vibe, Rap Pages, Grand Royal and many other print and online outlets. An extended piece I wrote on Fela Kuti was selected for the Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000 anthology. In 2006, I was somehow listed in the Music section of Los Angeles Magazine's annual "Power" issue. In 2007-8, I produced a blog called "Nature Trumps," about the L.A. River. From 2010 to 2021, I lived in rural wilderness in Joshua Tree, Ca.

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