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Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Jesus of Nazareth

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DECEMBER 25 — JESUS OF NAZARETH
Persecuted leader of an underground liberation movement, jubilator, social radical, martyr, son of God.

DECEMBER 25 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
CHRISTMAS. BIRTHDAY OF MITHRAS. Congo: CHILDREN’S DAY.

ALSO ON DECEMBER 25 IN HISTORY…
1621 — Massachusetts halts all sinful game-playing, confiscates children’s toys.
1899 — Film tough-guy Humphrey Bogart born, New York City.
1924 — “Twilight Zone” creator Rod Serling born, Binghamton, New York.
1977 —Comedic film great Charlie Chaplin dies, Vaud, Vevey, Switzerland.
1989 — Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu executed.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective. The 2010 Autonomedia Calender is now available on the Autonomedia site.

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — AMADEO BORDIGA

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June 13 — AMADEO BORDIGA

Italian left communist, Prometheus Group leader.
Read articles by Bordiga on LibCom.

JUNE 13, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*U.S.: Children’s Day.
*National Juggling Day.

ALSO ON JUNE 13 IN HISTORY…
1865 — Irish poet William Butler Yeats born, Dublin, Ireland.
1889 — Italian left communist leader Amadeo Bordiga born, Resina, Italy.
1963 — Civil rights activist, martyr Medgar Evers dies, Jackson, Mississippi.
1979 — Sioux awarded $17.5 million for land taken in 1877.
1980 — Guyanese historian, activist Walter Rodney assassinated, Georgetown.
1986 — American Big Band leader Benny Goodman dies.

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