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Sept. 24 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – ANDRÉ GORZ


SEPTEMBER 24 — ANDRÉ GORZ
Austrian and French theorist of liberation from work.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
New York State: AMERICAN INDIAN DAY.
Southern Pennsylvania: Schwenkfelder Sect celebrates thanksgiving in America with the same menu as 1734—bread, apple butter & water.
Paressi, Brazil: FEAST OF MAISÖ, Pre-Existent Mother Goddess.
San Carlos Apache, Arizona: FESTIVAL OF NAFULECTU DILXILN, Big Black Spider.

ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 24 IN HISTORY…
1794 — Washington orders militia to put down Whiskey Rebellion.
1960 — Melanie Klein, renowned child psychoanalyst, dies, London, England.
1991 — Anarchist-inspired American children’s writer Dr. Seuss dies, La Jolla, CA.
2007 — Zerowork activist, ecologist André Gorz commits suicide, Vosnon, France.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pknssl52sh8

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Billie Holiday

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July 17– Billie Holiday
“Lady Day.” Great American jazz singer, performer.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs

JULY 17, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Epping Forest, England: Fairlop Fair.
*Feast of the Clockless Nowever.

ALSO ON JULY 17 IN HISTORY…
1794 — Biggest rebel victory in Whiskey Rebellion.
1887 — Dorothea Dix, reformer, suffragette, dies, Trenton, New Jersey.
1959 — Jazz singer Billie Holiday dies, New York City.
1967 — John Coltrane, jazz great, dies, New York City.
1975 — U.S. and U.S.S.R. couple in space orbit (Apollo/Soyuz).
2007 —Channel Tunnel Rail Link officially completed between England & France.

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 — APOLINARIO MABINI


May 13– APOLINARIO MABINI
Philippine independentista, revolutionist, social activist.

MAY 13, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Ancient Anatolian festival, Purulliyas commemorates legend of conquest of dragon Illuyankas by Weather God controlling rainfall over the dragon of drought and flood. European folk customs link Rogation Day, Ascension & St. George’s Day.

ALSO ON MAY 13 IN HISTORY…
1794 — Whiskey Rebellion begins in western Pennsylvania.
1842 — Popular British opera creator Sir Arthur Sullivan born.
1893 — Crackpot, flagpole-sitting champion Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly born.
1903 — Philippine revolutionist Apolinario Mabini dies, Guam.
1958 — Dick Nixon’s motorcade greeted with rocks & bottles, Caracas, Venezuela.

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