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.