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Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Samuel Mockbee

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DECEMBER 23 — SAMUEL MOCKBEE
Selfless, inspired architect to the “Other America.”

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“Butterly House,” Samuel Mockbee, Image by Tim Hursley.

DECEMBER 23 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
Oaxaca, Mexico: FEAST OF THE RADISHES.

ALSO ON DECEMBER 23 IN HISTORY…
1776 — First American revolutionist Thomas Paine’s Crisis published.
1888 — Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh cuts off his own ear.
1944 — Architect to the poor Samuel Mockbee born, Meridian, Mississippi.
1948 — Japanese military leader Tojo hanged in Tokyo as war criminal.
1953 — 21 American P.O.W.s in Korea refuse to come home.

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 — TOM PAINE

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June 8 — Thomas Paine
Propagandist, “Founding Father” of American revolutionism.
View the complete works of Thomas Paine.

JUNE 8, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*China: Dragon-Boat Races commemorate search for Ch’i Yuan (3rd century B.C.) who threw himself in river. No finish line, no judges. Arguments & fist fights always break out, but ends with merry feast.
*Name Your Poison Day.

ALSO ON JUNE 8 IN HISTORY…
632 — Islamic prophet Mohammed dies, Medina, Arabia.
1809 — American revolutionary great Tom Paine dies, New York City.
1876 — French feminist, novelist George Sand dies, Nohant, France.
1997 — Nigerian novelist Amos Tutuola dies, Ibadan.
2006 — Dr. John Money, sexual identity physician, dies, Towson, Maryland.

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