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RIP Milorad Pavic – Serbian experimental writer, tried to create non-linear writing closer to “the blossoming of the thoughts and dreams of man”
“I entered into literature on my own, I live in it on my own and I shall depart from it on my own when the time comes”
Academician and author Milorad Pavić, professor of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Belgrade University, passed away yesterday of complications following a heart attack at the age of 80. Pavić was one of the most translated Serbian authors, primarily thanks to his “Dictionary of the Khazars”, which gained popularity throughout the world.
The Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced that the funeral will be held on Thursday, December 3rd, at 12 noon at the Novo Groblje cemetery in Belgrade.
Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Ernst Toller
DECEMBER 1 — ERNST TOLLER
Leader of the Munich “soviet” of 1919. Playwright, bohemian, hounded to suicide by the Nazis.
“Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so.”
DECEMBER 1 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
INTERNATIONAL PRISONERS FOR PEACE DAY. WORLD AIDS DAY.
ALSO ON DECEMBER 1 IN HISTORY…
1893 — Munich “soviet” leader Ernst Toller born, Samotschin, Germany.
1919 — Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman, and other radicals
deported from “Land of the Free,” go to Russia.
1935 — American filmmaker Woody Allen born, Brooklyn, New York.
1955 — Black American protester Rosa Parks refuses to go to back of bus.
Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective.
Today's Autonomedia Jubilee — Mother Jones
NOVEMBER 30 — MOTHER JONES
“Iʼm no lady, Iʼm a hell-raiser.” Labor radical, agitator.
NOVEMBER 30 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS…
ST. ANDREW’S DAY. JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER DAY.
ALSO ON NOVEMBER 30 IN HISTORY…
1667 — Satirist Jonathan Swift born, Dublin, Ireland.
1835 — American humorist and social critic Mark Twain born, Florida, Missouri.
1900 — Irish wit, playwright, gay pioneer Oscar Wilde dies, Paris, France.
1930 — Rabble-rouser, labor leader Mother Jones dies, Silver Springs, Maryland.
1936 — Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman born, Worcester, Mass.
1999 — “Battle of Seattle” protests revivify anti-globalization movement.
Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective.
Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Dorothy Day
NOVEMBER 29 — DOROTHY DAY
The Roman Catholic Church may never name her a saint.
We do.
“The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart.”
NOVEMBER 29 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
FESTIVAL OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
ALSO ON NOVEMBER 29 IN HISTORY…
1799 — American utopianist Amos Bronson Alcott born, Wolcott, Connecticut.
1832 — Writer, critic Louisa May Alcott born, Germantown, Pennsylvania.
1870 — State-run compulsory education initiated in England.
1943 — Stalin, Churchill, FDR meet in Tehran, carve up late-20th-century world.
1947 — German Green Party leader Petra Kelly born, Günzburg, Bavaria.
1969 — Australian artist and labor radical Norman Lindsay dies.
1980 — Dorothy Day, radical founder of Catholic Worker, dies, New York City.
Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective.
Every Tuesday 7-9pm PST – Tune into West Coast Fog on LuxuriaMusic.com Radio for blissful California folk rock and psych sessioning
Who wouldn’t benefit from a weekly two-hour dose of jangling, sunshine-inspired chords and harmonies with an undeniable undertone of the strange and slightly melancholy? Every Tuesday night from 7-9pm PST, give your mind a little vacation and listen to West Coast Fog, a California-infused folk rock and psych radio show hosted by Erik R. Bluhm (Author of piece on Little Wings and the New Energy Movement, Arthur No. 13). Or, do you want to feel like you’re driving down Highway 1 with the radio on, right now? Download archived sessions of West Coast Fog here, and listen to them anytime you like. Don’t forget your sunglasses…
Expect only the choicest nugs from the Golden State 1965-’68.
Panhandle flashes, Sunset trips, and Love-in vibes.
Byrds, Bees, Dovers, Love, East Side Kids, Ashes, Airplane, Wildflower, and all that mess.
7 to 9 pm Pacific Standard Time every Tuesday evening,
It’s easy, just go to http://www.luxuriamusic.com/ and click on “listen” in the light blue bar…
Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Emmett Grogan
NOVEMBER 28 — EMMETT GROGAN
San Francisco “Diggers” leader, “A Life Played for Keeps.”
“Anything anybody can say about America is true.”
NOVEMBER 28 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
MAKE YOUR OWN HEAD DAY.
ALSO ON NOVEMBER 28 IN HISTORY…
1628 — Pilgrim’s Progress author John Bunyan born, Elstow, Bedfordshire.
1757 — English Romantic poet and radical William Blake born, London, England.
1820 — German radical, Karl Marx’s partner, Friedrich Engels born, Barmen.
1832 — American Hegelianist Benjamin Paul Blood born, Amsterdam, New York.
1902 — American communist anarchist journalist Kate Austin dies, Kingman, KS.
1912 — Albania declares independence from Turkey.
1944 — San Francisco “Diggers” founder Emmett Grogan born, Brooklyn, New York.
1960 — Black American novelist Richard Wright dies, Paris, France.
Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective.
November 30th in Greenpoint, BROOKLYN – Peruvian Shaman Ceremony and Rainforest Presentation
Eda Zavala Lopez is a Shaman visiting from the Rainforest of Peru. This is a rare and special opportunity to hear Lopez talk in an intimate setting on topics such as Rainforest preservation, feminine shamanism, ancient healing techniques, and other traditions passed down from her ancestors. Read on for more information:
Eda Zavala, a descendant of a lineage of healers, the pre-hispanic Wari People, is a sociologist and anthropologist. She has been living in the Peruvian Amazon, coexisting with the traditional medicine of her ancestors, for the past twenty years. Besides her practice of ancestral medicine with wise and indigenous healers, she has been researching feminine shamanism in the Amazon and works with indigenous communities to help them protect their sacred lands, save the rainforest, and preserve traditional knowledge.
Eda brings her heart and the Spirit of the Rainforest forth in this special ceremony through song, flowers, and food offering respect and gratitude to the ancient Spirits. She will also speak about the importance of preserving the Rainforest and the traditions of her people.
She is traveling in the U.S. for a limited time only, so don’t miss this rare opportunity to be in ceremony with this powerful woman who is connected to the ancient wisdom of the indigenous peoples of Peru. She is also available for individual healing sessions by appointment.
$30 donation will go to help indigenous communities of Peru and save the Rainforests.
Please RSVP to niniburke@gmail.com
Monday, November 30th, 7-9PM
97 Green Street Apt. G3 / Brooklyn, NY 11222
(See map).
Here is one
Hipped to this via a first-time-in-forever interview with Liz Fraser at The Guardian…
Download: Jeff Buckley & Elizabeth Fraser – “All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun” (unfinished) (mp3)
Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Fernand Braudel
NOVEMBER 27 — FERNAND BRAUDEL
Revolutionary French historian of material life.
“Events are the ephemera of history; they pass across its stage like fireflies, hardly glimpsed before they settle back into darkness and as often as not into oblivion. Every event, however brief, has to be sure a contribution to make, lights up some dark corner or even some wide vista of history. Nor it it only political history which benefits most, for every historical landscape–political, economic, social, even geographical–is illumined by the intermittent flare of the event.”
NOVEMBER 27 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
Islamic EID AL ADHA. BUY NOTHING DAY. FESTIVAL OF SOLITUDE.
ALSO ON NOVEMBER 27 IN HISTORY
1907 — French literary and cultural critic Maurice Blanchot born, Quain, Saône.
1909 — American journalist James Agee born, Knoxville, Tennessee.
1985 — Revolutionary materialist historian Fernand Braudel dies, Paris, France.
1991 — Visionary polyartist Harry Smith dies, Chelsea Hotel, New York.
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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