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Christopher Columbus is a symbol, not of a man, but of imperialism. ... Imperialism and colonialism are not something that happened decades ago or generations ago, but they are still happening now with the exploitation of people. ... The kind of thing that took place long ago in which people were dispossessed from their land and forced out of subsistence economies and into market economies – those processes are still happening today.
In the variety of its charms and the power of its spell, I know of no place in the world which can compare with it. Not only has it great snow peaks looming above the clouds more than two miles overhead, gigantic precipices of many-colored granite rising sheer for thousands of feet above the foaming, glistening, roaring rapids; it has also, in striking contrast, orchids and tree ferns, the delectable beauty of luxurious vegetation, and the mysterious witchery of the jungle.
Don't mourn for me. Organize!
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Machu Picchu/Hiram
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Tomorrow I expect to make a trip to the planet Mars and, if so, will immediately commence to organize the Mars canal workers into the
IWW and we will sing the good old songs so loud that the learned star-gazers will once and for all get positive proof that the planet Mars is really
inhabited ...
I have nothing to say for myself, only that I have always tried to make this earth a little bit better.
Joe Hill; to Solidarity editor Ben Williams, while awaiting his execution
My will is easy to decide,
For there is nothing to divide.
My kin don't need to fuss and moan
Moss does not cling to a rolling stone.
My body – Oh! – if I could choose,
I would to ashes it reduce,
and let the merry breezes blow
My dust to where some flowers grow.
Perhaps some fading flower then
Would come to life and bloom again.
This is my Last and Final Will.
Good luck to all of you,
Joe Hill.
Joe Hill; 'Last Will', composed hours before his execution
Long haired preachers come out every night,
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right;
But when asked how 'bout something to eat,
They will answer with voices so sweet:
You will eat, bye and bye,
In that glorious land above the sky:
Work and pray, live on hay,
You'll get pie in the sky when you die.
Workingmen of all countries unite;
Side by side we for freedom will fight.
When the world and its wealth we have gained
to the grafters we'll sing this refrain:
You will eat, bye and bye,
When you've learned to cook and fry;
Chop some wood, t'will do you good,
and you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye.
Joe Hill; song written for the Spokane Free Speech Fight of 1910
TELEGRAM
The White House,
Washington.
10 Wrentham, Mass.,
November 16, 1915
THE PRESIDENT.
Your excellency: I believe that Joseph Hillstrom has not had a fair trial and the sentence passed upon him is unjust. I appeal to you as official father of all the people to use your great power and influence to save one of the nation's helpless sons, the stay of execution will give time to investigate.
New trial will give the man justice to which the laws of the land entitle him.
Hellen Keller
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi, Indian prime Minister noted for her clenched fist; born on November 19,
1917; press conference, New Delhi,
October 19, 1971
Let us not dominate others with our power – or betray
them with our indifference. And let us have an American foreign policy that
reflects American character. The modesty of true strength. The humility of real
greatness.
George W Bush;
campaign speech,
November 19, 1999
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The Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest mud brick building in the world and is considered by many architects to be the greatest achievement of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, albeit with definite Islamic influences. The mosque is located in the city of Djenné, Mali, on the flood plain of the Bani River. The first mosque on the site was built in the 13th Century, but the current structure dates from the 1900s. As well as being the centre of the community of Djenné, it is one of the most famous landmarks in Africa. Along with the entire city of Djenné, it was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. Source: Wikipedia
Leonids
meteor showers (Nov 12 - 23
annually)
Feast day of St Barlaam Feast day of St Ebbe of Minster-of-Thanet Feast day of St James of Sasseau Feast day of Mary, Mother of Divine
Providence Feast day of St Maximus Feast day of St Mechtilde of Helfta (Mechtilde of Hackeborn) Feast day of St Medana Feast day of St Nerses the Great (Narses I) Feast day of St Obadiah Feast day of St Pontian, pope and martyr Feast day of St Raphael Kalinowski Feast day of St Salvatore Lilli Feast day of St Severinus Carib Settlement Days, Belize (Nov 16 - 19) Wuwuchim (Hopi) Fire Ceremony (Nov 5 - 21)Have a Bad Day Day, USA National Children's Book Week, USA, begins around now
Monégasque National Holiday, Monaco
Discovery of Puerto Rico (1493), Puerto Rico Pilgrimage, United Arab Emirates
International Men's Day, Trinidad and Tobago Celebrated on November 19, in Trinidad and Tobago, the tradition began in 1999, probably by analogy to International Women's Day. Recognition and support of the day is limited; in Malta it is celebrated on February 7, in Brazil, on July 15 and in Ukraine on February 23.
On which day of the week were you born? Find out here 1600 King Charles I of England (d. January 30, 1649) King of Scotland,
England,
and Ireland
(March 27, 1625 -
January 30, 1649), most notable for being the only British monarch
to be overthrown and beheaded. He was the son and successor of James VI and I ('Queen James').
As the illustration shows, 'patching'
and painting of women's faces was popular during the reign of
Charles I, as it was in Louis XV's
France. "The beauties at the court of Louis-Quinze thought they had made a notable discovery, when they gummed pieces of black taffeta on their cheeks to heighten the brilliancy of their complexions; but the fops of Elizabethan England had long before anticipated them, by decorating their faces with black stars, crescents, and lozenges:
"And the fashion prevailed through succeeding reigns, for Glapthorpe writes in 1640: 'If it be a lover's part you are to act, take a black spot or two; 'twill make your face more amorous, and appear more gracious to your mistress's eyes.' "The earliest mention of the adoption of patching by the ladies of England, occurs in Bulwer's Artificial Changeling (1653). 'Our ladies,' he complains, 'have lately entertained a vain custom of spotting their faces, out of an affectation of the mole, to set off their beauty, such as Venus had; and it is well if one black patch will serve to make their faces remarkable, for some fill their visages full of them, varied into all manner of shapes.' He gives a cut of a lady's face patched in the then fashionable style, of which it might well be sung –
"… in 1754 the patch was not only still in existence, but threatening to overwhelm the female face altogether. "This fashion was common with the Roman dames in the latter days of the Empire." Robert Chambers, (Ed.), The Book of Days: A miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, etc, W & R Chambers, London, 1881 (1879 Edition is online and 1869 edition here with CD-ROM available; See also The English Year: A Personal Selection from Chambers' Book of Days)Pictured, woman at the time of Charles I of England, with facial patches
1711 Mikhail Lomonosov (d. 1765), Russian writer and polymath 1805 Viscomte Ferdinand de Lesseps (d. 1894),
French
diplomat and engineer who supervised the Suez
Canal's construction 1831 James A Garfield (d. 1881), 20th President of the United States 1833 Wilhelm Dilthey (d. 1911), philosopher 1843 Richard Avenarius (d. 1896), German philosopher 1862 Billy Sunday (d. 1935), American evangelist 1865 Otto Eckmann (d. 1902), painter, interior designer
1875 Hiram Bingham (d. 1956), American archaeologist and statesman; born in Honolulu. At Yale University (1907 - 28), he led expeditions that discovered the Inca cities of Viitcos and Machu Picchu. He was governor of Connecticut (1925) and US senator (1925 - 33). "Machu Picchu (which means
"manly peak") was most likely a royal estate and religious
retreat. It was built between 1460 and 1470 AD by Pachacuti Inca
Yupanqui, an
Incan ruler. The city has an altitude of 8,000 feet, and is high
above the Urubamba River canyon cloud forest, so it likely did not
have any administrative, military or commercial use. After
Pachacuti's death, Machu Picchu became the property of his allus,
or kinship group, which was responsible for it's [sic]
maintenance, administration, and any new construction." Source Bingham, Hiram, Lost City of the Incas Greed, gold and God Part 2: The Battle of Cajamarca Andes
music: midi
files 1875 Mikhail I Kalinin 1883 Ned
Sparks 1884 José Raúl Capablanca 1896
Anton Walbrook, German
actor (The Red Shoes;
Gaslight) 1899 Allen
Tate 1900 Mikhail Lavrentyev 1900 Anna
Seghers 1905 Tommy Dorsey (d. 1956), big band leader ('I'm Getting Sentimental Over You'; 'Marie') 1907
Jack Schaefer 1908
Luke Short 1917 Indira Gandhi 1919
Margaret
Whitlam (née Dovey), wife of former prime
minister of Australia Gough Whitlam 1919
Alan Young, American
actor best known for his portrayal of the long-suffering Wilbur
Post, in the TV series
Mister Ed, but also a film actor (The Time Machine) 1920 Gene Tierney (d. November 6, 1991), American actress (Heaven Can Wait; The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; The Razor's Edge) 1926 Jeane Kirkpatrick, former United States ambassador to the United Nations 1929 Slavko Avsenik, Slovene musician 1933 Larry King, television interviewer 1935 Rashad Khalifa (d. 1990), imam, stabbed to death 1936 Dick Cavett, talk show host 1938 Ted Turner, American businessman 1939 Tom Harkin, United States Senator 1941 Dan Haggerty, American actor who played the lead role in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams 1942 Calvin Klein, American fashion designer 1947 Lamar S Smith, American politician 1951 Lord Falconer, British lawyer and politician 1953 Robert Beltran, actor (Star Trek: Voyager) 1960 Allison Janney, actress 1961 Meg
Ryan, American actress 1962
Jodie Foster,
Hollywood actress (Taxi
Driver;
The
Silence of the Lambs) 1963 Terry Farrell, American actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
1966 Jason Scott Lee, actor 1973 Savion Glover, choreographer, actor,
dancer
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