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Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — PYOTR KROPOTKIN

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DECEMBER 9 — PYOTR KROPOTKIN
“The Red Prince.” Russian Anarchist theorist.

“Mutual aid is as much a law of animal life as mutual struggle.”
—Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, 1902

DECEMBER 9 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
Islamic: EID-AL-ADHA. Patzcuaro, Mexico: FIESTA OF THE MOTHER OF HEALTH. A Fishermens’ Fiesta, with much dancing, clowning and fireworks.

ALSO ON DECEMBER 9 IN HISTORY
1608 — British Paradise Lost epic writer John Milton born, London.
1842 — Russian anarchist theorist, “Red Prince” Pyotr Kropotkin born, Moscow.
1909 — Great Sioux leader Red Cloud dies, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
1958 — Right-wing John Birch Society founded Indianapolis, Indiana.

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 — Tom Lyttle

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SEPTEMBER 5 — TOM LYTTLE
Cybernaut author, publisher, gourmet chef, conspiratologist.
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Tom Lyttle, Easy Rider Redux. Printed on non-impregnated blotter paper. Signed by Peter Fonda.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
Ancient Rome: CIRCENSIAN GAMES in the Roman Circus, originally
a one-day event of athletic competitions which grew
to a week-long festival with many entertainments.

ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 5 IN HISTORY…
1569 — Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder dies, Brussels, Belgium.
1791 — Masonic conspirator, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies, Prague.
1877 — Great Sioux war chief Crazy Horse murdered by U.S. soldiers, Fort Robinson, Nebraska.
1912 — Anarcho-musicologist John Cage born, Los Angeles, California.
1964 — “Rebel Girl” Elizabeth Gurley Flynn dies, Moscow, USSR.
2008 — Psychedelics researcher Tom Lyttle dies, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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