JANUARY 2009 - Anne Feeney's Year in Review - VOLUME 4, #10

VIDEO FROM A SHOW FOR "ARTISTS FOR PEACE" IN DENMARK THIS SUMMER

FELLOW TRAVELERS' ADVISORY YEAR IN REVIEW 2008

IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:

ST. LOUIS, MO
WATSONVILLE, CA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
PALO ALTO, CA
SAN MATEO, CA
ASHLAND, OR
DEADWOOD, OR
ASTORIA, OR
PORTLAND, OR
OLYMPIA, WA
VANCOUVER, BC
VICTORIA, BC
SALT SPRING, BC
SEATTLE, WA
BELLINGHAM, WA
SALEM, OR
complete information at the bottom of this message and continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html



Special Year-in-Review Issue
Featuring:

QUICK NOTES
IRELAND 2009
HELP with the NORTHWEST TOUR
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
SOME LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT
FAMILY NEWS
2008 MOVIES - My Top Ten so far (and some losers!)
SIX SUGGESTIONS AS 2008 DRAWS TO A CLOSE
THE TOUR


First: a couple quick notes...

Thanks to everyone who bought CDs in response to my December newsletter... Over 30 of you responded... I deeply appreciate it!

And if you've been meaning to buy my cds... there are still plenty left at http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid

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Also:

I spoke a couple days ago to Joanna Robinson, Utah Phillips' wife. Unfortunately, the envelope full of checks from the tribute concert never arrived in Nevada City. I have sent another $600 check representing the cash contributions, and Hilary and Nick will resend their personal checks... but if you gave me a check at the
Utah Phillips tribute concert, it appears to have been destroyed in the mail...

It would be great if (all of) you could send a check to the Hospitality House for the homeless, founded by Utah Phillips, to honor his life and work:

HOSPITALITY HOUSE
PO BOX 3223
GRASS VALLEY, CA 95945

or donate securely online at:

http://www.hospitalityhouseshelter.org/

Ask them to notify Joanna that the contribution
was made:

Joanna Robinson
Box 1235
Nevada City, CA 95959

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IRELAND: AUGUST 25-SEPTEMBER 3 ONLY

As I took stock of what I loved and hated about 2008 I realized that I *LOVE* taking folks to Ireland but I *HATE* talking them into it. So I'm only going to do one trip next year - 20 seats only - August 25- September 3, 2009. It'll be a new tour that includes the best of the west as well as a visit to Dublin! I hope twenty of you will decide to come very soon. Email me at anne@annefeeney.com to save seats.

My friend Sharon Simon from the National Labor College is coming, as is the amazing feminist scholar and peaceworker, Betty Reardon... My groups are awesome!
This trip should fill up quickly. Please drop me an email if you're interested in going to Ireland with me. Visit http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html or http://enchantedwaytours.ie for more information.


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HELP with the Northwest Tour

I'm still looking for some dates to fill in on my upcoming tour of CA, OR, WA & BC...
If you'd like to host a show (it's easier than you think!), please take a look at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html

In particular I'm looking for -

anything in the SF Bay Area Jan 12th-15th
San Francisco, Sacramento, Grass Valley or Humboldt on Jan 19th
Tacoma, WA - JAN 25th
Feb 2nd-6th between Bellingham and Salem


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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!
2008 - GOOD RIDDANCE!!! THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Well, the Bush years finally come to an end - The End of an Error - with the most vicious "maim duck" president ever (thanks to Gary Huck for that one!) still at the helm. He's slashing women's rights, ruining the environment, and sittling idly by as hundred die in Gaza - while he makes up his list of scurrilous pardons.

If it weren't for you - my friends and family - the hardworking activists who *never* give up - I would lose hope. But you keep on... and I'm going to take a few paragraphs to thank you all here at the end of this very long year.

Even though I spent a good part of the year touring in Ireland, Denmark, Sweden and Canada, I still did shows in nineteen of these United States. I expect to spend more time in the US in 2009.

I'm grateful to the Labor Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for renewing my grant so that I can continue my research and writing about my grandfather in 2009.

I'm grateful to Tom Pigott and to the fifty wonderful friends who went with me to Ireland this past year. The trips were unforgettable. Getting so much time in Ireland in 2008 did my heart a world of good. I hope some of you will join me this year.

I'm grateful to Fredrik Gleisner of Goatbridge Productions for being my agent in Sweden this summer and finding me so much amazing work. It was an unforgettable memory to play the Trastock Festival near the Arctic Circle this summer. I look forward to working with him again in 2009.

I'm grateful to my dear friend Gerd Berlev and her family. Her hospitality in Copenhagen is unparalleled, and her commitment to peace and justice is awesome.

I'm grateful to my friend Jerry Starr for writing such an important play about SAGO, and for allowing me to contribute music to his work and participate in its presentation. He and Judy are in my heart and my thoughts as Jerry battles a very advanced and aggressive cancer.

I'm grateful to all the people who ponied up $100 to help me get DUMP THE BOSSES OFF YOUR BACK out this year. And I'm grateful to all the musicians who performed so beautifully on it - especially Commander Cody, the Austin Lounge Lizards, Emma's Revolution, and Anne Weiss.

I'm so grateful to all the people who presented me in concert and organized conferences, rallies and riots and let me be a part of it! I'm so grateful to all the people who welcomed me into their homes.

My colleagues enriched my life beyond measure this year... What a joy to work with Roy Zimmerman, Emma's Revolution, Holly Near, Wishing Chair, Chris Chandler, the Prince Myshkins, Evan Greer, Charlie King and Karen Brandow, Laura Love, Joe Jencks, Rebel Voices, Jan Hammarlund, Micael Castor, Carrie Newcomer, Oliver Steck, Geno Gottschall, George Mann & Julius Margolin, Elise Witt, Maurice Turner, Tracey Walker, Peter Siegel, Jay Mankita, Addie & Olin, Lou & Peter Berryman, Larry Penn, Terri Roben, Doug Wilkin, Sue Powers, Jack Erdie, Sue Gartland, Robert Wagner, Bruce Hoffman, David King, The Torres Sister, Sheila Liming, Roger Day, Ole Rolf Lassen, Helge Larsen, Tommy Hovgaard Nielsen, Kirsten Gramm Mogensen, Anne Hills, Brett Perkins, David Rovics, Brian QTN, Adam & Kris, David Rovics, Ken & Janet Bates, Smokestack Lightning, David HB Drake, Bill and Eli Perras, Laura Daniels, Magda Hiller and Four Shillings Short - and anyone I forgot to mention - thanks for your work! It was a pleasure!

This is a time of year to remember dear friends no longer with us - Tim Sullivan, Anne McLemore, Peter Kastner, Kathleen Kennedy, Emma Bursik, Jerry Yoest, Frances Courtsal, Utah Phillips, Studs Terkel, Miriam Makeba and Odetta, and be grateful for all that they brought to our lives.

It's a time to remember people out on the picket lines at Conn- Selmer http://www.connselmerstrike.com, Heartland Health Care (see below), for example. Let's get the Employee Free Choice Act passed in 2009.

So long to the lousiest, most corrupt, most lawless and evil government the United States has ever known!

It is a time to look forward with the wonderful new arrivals - Benjamin McCahill, Mason Avery Gailiunas, Della Belmont McCahill and Romina Idalia Wright... and salute the unflagging spirit of Pete Seeger, Alice Hoffman, Julius Margolin, Phyllis Wetherby, Faith Petric, Stetson Kennedy, Joyce Kornbluh and so many more ...

It's a time to look forward to a 2009 filled with exciting action! The inauguration of our first African-American president - Barack Obama!!! A serious campaign to end the war!!! National Health Care NOW!! There is so much to do, and this is a great time to be doing it.

You mean so much to me. Thank you for being part of my life, my family, my work and our struggle for a better world!

Here's to a happy and hellraising 2009!

Love

Anne

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LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT:

http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/03spr/coal1.asp - Find out about this gigantic environmental disaster in KY!!

Listen to music from my Swedish touring buddy, Jan Hammarlund http://cdbaby.com/cd/janhammarlund and visit his English website - http://janhammarlund.se/english.html


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FAMILY NEWS

My children bring me more joy than I can measure. Dan's wonderful wife Monique is a spectacular addition to our family. I will miss them terribly when they leave for Quito, Ecuador in a few days, but I know they will be doing important work. My daughter Amy is such a healer, and wise far beyond her years. It gives me great happiness to see her settled into her cozy new home in San Marcos.

I'm so blessed to have true love in my life too. My husband will be joining me at the Western Workers' Labor Heritage Festival this year. I'm so happy.

My household was blessed this June with the addition of my housemate Tod Faller's lovely 15 year old daughter Sophia. It's been great having a youngster in the house.

BIRTHDAYS ----

Mark Rauterkus Jan 1, Lauren Grefenstette Jan 8, Jesse Dalton Jan 10, Chris Chandler Jan 16, Jim Marks, Jan 16, Shannon Metcalfe Jan 16, Blanka Engstrom Jan 16, (Happy Anniversary Kelly & Charles Warren Jan 25), Tom Weldon (the younger) Jan 27, Art Deckard Jan 29, Ed McCahill Jan 29, Maryellen Hayden January 31


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MOVIES

It's too early to make my Oscar picks... still too many films I haven't seen... here are my favorite 10 so far from 2008 -

1. The best film I've seen in 2008 is probably BENJAMIN BUTTON. It's a fantastic story, beautiful to watch, with great performances. Kate Blanchett is breathtaking.

2. DOUBT was fabulous as well - but you might have had to grow up Catholic when I did to fully appreciate it... some of the very authentic detail might not ring at all true for people who didn't live it. All the acting in this film is superb.

3. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is a terrific film. Like CRASH, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE sets up a highly impossible premise in order to allow the characters to speak uncomfortable truths. It is simultaneously quite touching and highly entertaining. I highly recommend it.

4. CHANGELING was an absorbing film - a great true story, well told - but I swear Angelina Jolie's lips grow during the film to where they take up half the screen.

5. If you get a chance, catch THE BAND'S VISIT. I saw this charming film in my local theater earlier this year, but I see it's available on demand on many cable services.

6. MILK took a while to reel me in, but it ended up being an extremely satisfying film with a fabulous performance by Sean Penn.

7. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN - a horror/drama from Sweden is a wonderful film. The young boy, Oskar, who is the protagonist of the film is the subject of bullying and abuse. Over the course of the film, the gratuitous violence of the bullies seems much more objectionable than the occasional murders committed by the charming young vampire girl Oskar befriends. Bravo!

8. Oliver Stone's W is probably his best film to date.. the most nuanced and complex... Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheyney is scary.

9. SYNECHDOCHE, NY is a cool film, but if you've seen BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION and THE ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND you're likely to start thinking of director Charlie Kaufman as an old friend who's brilliant, but took a little too much acid and always wants to tell you these long, incredibly complex stories. A fine film, but not Kaufman's best. (ADAPTATION is my personal favorite.)

10. BOY A is a very compelling drama about a young man released from prison after spending most of his life behind bars for murdering a child when he was, himself, a child. You can find it on Netflix and pay-per-view

Still looking forward to FROST/NIXON, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, DARK KNIGHT, THE READER, A CHRISTMAS TALE and many more... In fact, I'm going to have to rent WALL-E - the reviews are so great I'll have to see what's up with it.

Not on track for an Oscar this year, but just terrific from Netflix is Ken Loach's 2007 offering, IT'S A FREE WORLD.


Watching the over-rated RACHEL GETTING MARRIED was exactly like going to a wedding where you don't know anyone. Anne Hathaway was great, but the screenplay (if there was one - some times I felt like the whole film was being improvised) was terrible. GRAN TORINO is certainly not Clint Eastwood's best film - and I found the recurring racial epithets tiresome - but it's worth a look. VALKYRIE is a total loser. It could have been done much better by the history channel.

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MY HALF DOZEN END-OF-THE-YEAR GIVING SUGGESTIONS:

(and if 2008 is over when you read this, keep in mind that 2009 will end too!)


1. THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS

This tireless group of agitators gets more done for the least powerful than any group I know - and on a shoestring budget! This year they won landmark agreements with Burger King and Subway, and exposed chattel slavery in Florida. They are amazing!

http://ciw-online.org/donate.html

Coalition of Immokalee Workers
P. O. Box 603
Immokalee, FL, 34143

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2. A FRIEND IN NEED - JOULES GRAVES

My friend and musical colleague, Joules Graves, http://www.joulesgraves.com/ , has been living with MS for a number of years now. Her light hearted and often humorous songs of peace, feminism, spiritual renewal, and environmental protection have inspired many of us for a long time. She's been in a real financial bind lately, and matters got considerably worse recently when she wrecked her car. In the recent storms, Joules skidded out and totalled her little 2-door Honda while driving a homeless person in Bellingham to find shelter with a friend. (No one was hurt.) That's the kind of person she is--willing to help those less fortunate even while she herself needs help. Send cash, checks, keys to a car to:

Joules Graves
PO Box 2391
Bellingham, WA 98227

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3. DEMOCRACY NOW!

What would we do with Amy Goodman and her team of relentless, ethical and uncompromising researchers?

Listen or watch DN! any time at http://democracynow.org and
give generously at:

http://www.democracynow.org/donate/ye08-splash or

Democracy Now!
ATTN: Samantha Chamblee
100 Lafayette Street, Suite 604
New York, NY 10013

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4. Founded by Utah Phillips:

HOSPITALITY HOUSE
PO BOX 3223
GRASS VALLEY, CA 95945

or donate securely online at:

http://www.hospitalityhouseshelter.org/

Ask them to notify Joanna that the contribution
was made:

Joanna Robinson
Box 1235
Nevada City, CA 95959


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5. Heartland Health Care Workers - AFSCME 3474

This is the second holiday season since Local 3494 went on strike in July 2007. When they offered to return to work last July, management locked them out, and they are still on the picket line every day. Don't let the heartless outfit that runs Heartland dampen the holiday spirit of these sisters and brothers who want nothing more than a little respect and some basic fairness.

Send checks, made out to the Council 31 Solidarity Fund, to Heartland Holidays, AFSCME Council 31, PO Box 2328, Springfield, IL 62705-2328.

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6. Feeney Family Memorial Fund for Study of Irish History, Politics and Culture

I set this fund up when my Dad died in 1987, and have been adding to it slowly. Connie Cohen and I organized a big concert to fund the scholarship fund on Mother's Day of 1994, and several young women have received cash awards to study Irish history, politics and culture.

Chatham College
Feeney Family Memorial Fund
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

and ask that notification of your gift be sent to:

Anne Feeney
2240 Milligan Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15218


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THE TOUR!!!

Saturday, January 10th, 2009 8:00 PM
Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare
The Crowne Plaza - Downtown St. Louis
200 North 4th Street
St. Louis, MO 63102
http://http://www.laborforsinglepayer.org/
Price: see web page
For Reservations Call 314-621-8200 reference
´National Healthcare Conference´
for Special Room Rates - $100 per night Preview Hotel & Conference Center at - www.crowneplaza.com/stlouisdt


Sunday, January 11th, 2009 6:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
SEIU - Watsonville
11 - H Alexander Street
Watsonville, CA 95076
Price: $10-20 suggested
Light refreshments and beverages will be served. Anne's considerable CD catalogue will be available.
Take the main Watsonville exit off Highway One. Proceed into town on Main Street. Turn left at the Plaza, then left again into the parking lot just before Alexander Street, or park on Alexander. If you need further directions, I'll have my cell phone on until 7pm: 588.4305


Jan 12, 13, 14, 15 --- got any ideas??? looking for work here.... rallies, riots, radio shows... you name it...



Friday, January 16th, 2009 5:00 PM
Western Workers' Labor Heritage Festival
IBEW #617 (Electrical Workers)
1701 Leslie St
San Mateo, CA
http://www.docspopuli.org/WesternWorkers.html



Friday, January 16th, 2009 7:30 PM
Anne Feeney and Roy Zimmerman
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco (TENTATIVE)
San Francisco, CA
412-877-6480 to confirm
Price: $10-20 suggested
I hope this show works out!



Saturday, January 17th, 2009 9:00 AM
Western Workers' Labor Heritage Festival
IBEW #617 (Electrical Workers)
1701 Leslie St
San Mateo, CA
http://www.docspopuli.org/WesternWorkers.html

At 10AM I'll be doing a two hour workshop with Bev Grant and Rebel Voices.. woo hoo! that should be great!
$60 for weekend, $35 for Saturday only.
Concert $15-25, sliding scale.
No one turned away for lack of funds.Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.´s contribution to the civil rights and labor movements


Saturday, January 17th, 2009 7:00 PM
Four Shillings Short in Concert with Special Guest, Anne Feeney!
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF PALO ALTO
505 E. Charleston
Palo Alto, CA
(650) 274-1100
http://www.art.net/~4ss/
Price: $10-20 suggested
Kids free w/paying adult
I'll be opening the show!


Sunday, January 18th, 2009 9:00 AM
Western Workers' Labor Heritage Festival
IBEW #617 (Electrical Workers)
1701 Leslie St
San Mateo, CA
http://www.docspopuli.org/WesternWorkers.html
$60 for weekend, $35 for Saturday only.
Concert $15-25, sliding scale.
No one turned away for lack of funds.Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.´s contribution to the civil rights and labor movements
A weekend of solidarity in an era of war, racism, and hard times.
With Jimmy Collier, Jon Fromer, Roy Zimmerman, Rebel Voices, Bev Grant, Faith Petric, The Diggers and much much more!


Monday, January 19th, 2009 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney House Concert
tba
Palo Alto, CA
412-877-6480 to confirm
Price: $10-20 suggested
I hope this works out, too. My friends Christy Martin and Aodh Óg Ó Tuama are trying to put this together...



Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney Inaugural Party Concert! Celebrate the End of an Error!
Siskyou Pub
31B Water St
Sweat-Free Ashland, OR
541-482-6988
Price: free - your generous donations
Southern OR Jobs with Justice and Southern OR Central Labor Council are co-sponsoring this show!



Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Deadwood Community Center
Deadwood, OR
(541) 964-3420
acricket(@)casco.net is the contact



Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 7:00 PM
Carol hosts a House Concert
Kate's house
Astoria, OR
(503) 458-6837
Price: $10-20 sliding
Carol Newman is the contact...caroltov(@)pacifier.com
light refreshments provided... email carol for reservations and directions



Friday, January 23rd, 2009 7:30 PM
Portland Folksong Society presents Anne Feeney and Rebel Voices
Carvlin Hall
SE 17th and Division
Portland, OR
http://www.portlandfolkmusic.org/concerts.html
Price: $12
doors at 7 pm, admission: $10 PFS members, $12 Non-Members,
$5 ages 12 to 18, Children under 12 FREE. (Sorry, No Advance Sales)



Saturday, January 24th, 2009 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Rebel Voices in Concert
Traditions Café and World Folk Art
300 5th Avenue SW
Olympia, WA 98501
360-705-2819
http://www.traditionsfairtrade.com/pages/tradhome.html
Price: $12


Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Rebel Voices
Peretz Centre
6184 Ash St
Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9
Canada
604-325-1812
http://peretz-centre.org


Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 7:30 PM
Anne Feeney and Rebel Voices
Ken Orchard and Sharon Hazelwood's
Victoria, BC
Canada
Price: $15-20 suggested
wy234@victoria.tc.ca for more info

Thursday, January 29th, 2009 7:00 PM
Mayworks Presents Anne Feeney and Rebel Voices
Joe's Garage
5th St
Courtenay, BC
Canada
http://www.myspace.com/joesgarageon5th
Price: $15 suggested
bcharlton@shaw.ca Brian Charlton is the contact



Friday, January 30th, 2009 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Rebel Voices
Lions Hall
103 Bonnet Ave
Salt Spring, BC
Canada
(250) 653-9485
Price: $15
Phil Vernon is the contact - philvernon(@)telus.net
Doors open 7:00, 7:30 start
$15 at the door, advance tix available at Salt Spring Books, Acoustic
Planet and Stuff & Nonsense


Saturday, January 31st, 2009 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Rebel Voices
Carpenters' Hall
2nd and Vine
Seattle, WA
206-524-7753
Price: $10-20 suggested

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Rebel Voices
Whatcom Peace and Justice Center
100 E Maple Street
Bellingham, WA 98227
(360) 734-0217
http://www.whatcompjc.org/calendar.html
Price: $15 suggested
betsy pernotto is the contact - betsyp(@)openaccess.org


Saturday, February 7th, 2009 6:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Salem House Concerts
Salem, OR
503-378-7704
http://home.teleport.com/~blueman/
Price: $12/$20 w dinner
Marc Nassar is the contact - blueman(@)teleport.com

Please check http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html for updated information. Always check with the venue before strapping on your roller skates!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

GREAT MUSIC ON SALE!!

I don't know how many of you folks on my list will check here ... but I sent a bad link to my gallery of colleagues at cdbaby...

the correct link is http://cdbaby.com/group/annespicks

happy shopping

DECEMBER 2008 - Anne Feeney’s Fellow Travelers’ Advisory - VOLUME FOUR, #9

IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:

Kerrville, TX
College Station, TX
San Marcos, TX
Corpus Christi, TX
then on to California, Oregon, Washington and BC!
details below and continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html

IN THIS ISSUE:

TEXAS!
IRELAND 2009 DETAILS - RESERVE NOW!!!
SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS VIGIL
FOLK LEGEND ODETTA DIES
RNC PROTESTERS FACE RIDICULOUS CHARGES
FAMILY NEWS



December 2nd
Pittsburgh, PA

Hi there



Just packing for Texas and dreaming of Ireland. My Thanksgiving holiday was terrific. I had 13 for a sumptuous dinner, including a free-range, organic, locally grown heirloom turkey. My guests included my partner from Ireland, Tom Pigott. Tom and I have just finished planning the 2009 trips to Ireland and hope you'll join us for one of them.

Please visit http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid today and buy my CDs for the working class heros and sheros in your life. They make great holiday gifts and stocking stuffers!

If this was forwarded to you, you can subscribe to this monthly Fellow Travelers' Advisory by clicking on http://annefeeney.com/newsletter.html


Thanks for all your support for my music and all the great work you've done this year. 2009 is certain to be an exciting improvement!

Love, peace and solidarity

Anne

TEXAS

I hope if you know anyone in Kerrville, College Station, Austin, San Marcos or Corpus Christi that you'll tell them about my Texas tour. I'm so excited to have a trio to tour with. The song, "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back," which is the title track of my new CD, contains the lines:

Are you almost torn asunder?
Loaded like some long-eared jack?
Boob, why don't you buck like thunder and
Dump the bosses off your back!
All the agonies you suffer
You could end with one good WHACK!
Stiffen up you ornery duffer
and Dump the Bosses Off Your Back

I'll be touring with Oliver Steck on accordion and trumpet and his pal Gino Gottschall on tuba... Ornery Duffers to be sure. The instrumentation for this trio will allow us to be part circus band, part marching band, part symphony - and hard-to-miss! I wish I could afford to keep this band on the road all year long. Don't miss us!


IRELAND 2009!!

If you think it would be fun to come to Ireland with me for ten days, you're right! And now is the time to send in deposits for the 2009 tours. I've paired up with an extraordinary tour company - Enchanted Way Tours - so that I can proudly offer you the most authentic, affordable and exciting tours you'll ever find in Ireland! The dates for the 2009 tours are:

May 19th - 28th * Galway, Kerry and Clare * This was the first tour to sell out last year. You'll hear any Irish music fan talk about the music of Doolin, the Dingle peninsula, and Lisdoonvarna. We'll visit all three places. Fabulous music every night, and unforgettable scenery - including the Cliffs of Moher. This is the "best of the west" tour - the real Ireland!

June 27th - July 6th * Sligo, Donegal, Derry * This tour of the remote areas of the northwest coast of Ireland feature some of Ireland's most unusual and breathtaking scenery. We'll start in Yeats country - County Sligo and move on to Donegal - the Slieve League - and Malin Head, the northernmost tip of Ireland - with an optional boat tour to Tory Island. We'll also see the great city of Derry, the Bloody Sunday museum, the fantastic murals - and spend a wonderful evening at Sandino's pub.

August 25th - September 3rd * Galway, Dublin, Clare * - By popular demand, we've added a tour that includes Ireland's wonderful capital city, Dublin. This is a perfect tour for a first time visitor to Ireland. This extraordinary value also includes six nights in the west, where we'll see the Cliffs of Moher and hear great music every night.

The cost of these tours is $1950 per person based upon double occupancy and includes all ground transportation, all accommodations, all breakfasts, three dinners, and admission to many special events. The single supplement cost is $300. (You still have to purchase your airfare, travel insurance, lunches, and the other 6 dinners.) It's an incredible value. You'll find the accommodations charming and comfortable. Our 24 seat luxury coach is small enough to navigate the wee byways of the countryside. Our tours are flexible and designed to accommodate your needs and wishes. We'll pick you up and return you to Shannon airport.

I'm also pleased to report that your tourist dollar will go much further in Ireland than it did in 2008. First deposit of $500 is due by December 31, 2008. These tours will fill up quickly. Please drop me a line at anne@annefeeney.com, or call me at 412-877-6480 if you'd like to come with me. I'll be happy to answer all of your questions.


2009 School of the Americas Vigil






The annual vigil outside the School of the Americas in Columbus, GA drew 20,000+ demonstrators calling for the closing of our taxpayer-funded school of assassins. In the last election 35 congressional supporters of this school lost their seats. The mood was very optimistic that this could be the last year that this shameful institution is in existence. Write Barack Obama and ask him to close the School of the Americas (also known as WHINSEC).

And, as Pete Seeger says, "It's the singingest movement since the civil rights movement." Pat and Sandy Emma's Revolution were on hand, as were Chris Chandler, Charlie King and Karen Brandow, Joe Jencks, Rising Appalachia, Elise Witt, Colleen Kattau, the Chestnut Brothers, Los Vicios de Papa, Steve Jacobs, Mary Shapiro, Vientos del Pueblo, Francisco Herrera and Jon Fromer ... Chris Inserra's amazing organizing skills bring it all together and Maurice Turner's trumpet is awesome! Check out the SOAWatch website for more information.


FOLK LEGEND ODETTA DIES

Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at Lenox Hill Hospital, said her manager of 12 years, Doug Yeager. She was admitted to the hospital with kidney failure about three weeks ago, he said. In spite of failing health that caused her to use a wheelchair, Odetta performed 60 concerts in the last two years, singing for 90 minutes at a time. Her singing ability never diminished, Yeager said.

"The power would just come out of her like people wouldn't believe," he said. With her booming, classically trained voice and spare guitar, Odetta gave life to the songs by workingmen and slaves, farmers and miners, housewives and washerwomen, blacks and whites. First coming to prominence in the 1950s, she influenced Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and other singers who had roots in the folk music boom.

The rest of the obit is at http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gBqnIyFhSolTj4oJA6syBErZnlTwD94R35NO0

RNC Protestors still facing ridiculous charges!

Jim Page's song, "This is How the War Came Home" is a great introduction to what really happened in St. Paul during the Republican National Convention. You can help. Visit http://rnc08arrestees.wordpress.com/


FAMILY NEWS & DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

December 2nd - Benjamin Mumphrey, Dec 6th - Olivia Grefenstette, Dec 11th - Mick Madera, December 12th - Dennis McCahill.

On my way home from Georgia, I stopped in Aiken, SC to visit my Aunt Claire O'Connor. She was 88 years old this past June 4th. She was very happy to see me. We sang some old songs together, looked at all the family pictures - I brought her a gorgeous photo from Dan and Monique's wedding.

She is considerably more frail than when my sister and I surprised her on her 87th birthday, but still in remarkable spirits. You can drop her a card at:
Claire O' Connor - Eden Gardens
1385 Silver Bluff Road, Aiken, SC 29803

My son Dan and his wife, Monique Murad, leave for Quito, Ecuador in the early days of January, 2009. Monique has a fantastic job with USAID, and Dan will be finishing his last semester of law school in Ecuador. The State Department is sending a moving company to pack up all their wedding presents and Craig's List furniture for shipping on December 30th. They'll be living in a hotel until their departure on January 3rd or 4th of 2009. Quito has San Francisco-like weather, and, from all accounts, is a beautiful city. I hope to get there for a visit in the coming year.

My Texas tour this month will allow me to visit my daughter Amy at her new house in San Marcos, TX - I can't wait to see it. She got a great deal on the place, and she's in the process of creating a wellness center there - massage, accupuncture, sauna... sounds great!!


My cousin Jack Metcalfe, who lives in Germany, just sent this wonderful link to his son Patrick's band performance - he's the keyboard player and there's a great close-up at 2:40

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=ccnzGF7KuOo




One of last month's highlights was almost 5,000 miles of touring with my longtime friend Charlie King around New England and down to Fort Benning. Charlie is a great travel companion - he share my love of jokes, so we exchanged MANY of them on the trip.

He's a wonderful songwriter and a great performer. Check out his website http://charlieking.org







THE TOUR

Anne Feeney

Friday, December 5th, 2008 7:00 PM House Concert with Anne Feeney & the Ornery Duffers Stephanie or Jason 1304 Cedar Drive Kerrville, TX 78028 830-257-8179 Price: $15 Doors open at 7:00, show promptly at 7:30PM ... Email perryfam@ktc.com - call or email Stephanie or Jason to reserve a seat. Snacks, chairs, beverages welcome. Possible jam afterward. Bring musical instruments if you like.

Saturday, December 6th, 2008 7:00 PM Anne Feeney in Concert Danny Yeager's house 1211 Haley Place College Station, TX (979) 777-8758 http://www.brazosprogressives.org/articles/anne_feeney_concert Price: $10-20 suggested Doors open at 7 and the concert will start at 7:30. It's BYOB and bring potluck snacks to share. $10 - $20 sliding scale -- pay what you can. Children are welcome and enter for free. Email touchst@cy-net.net or phone (979) 777-8758 for information and seat reservations.

Sunday, December 7th, 2008 7:00 PM House Concert The Compound 301 Saltillo St San Marcos , TX 78666 503-737-8490 Price: $15 suggested jesseotis@hotmail.com for more info...

Friday, December 12th, 2008 8:00 PM Anne Feeney and the Ornery Duffers Cassidy's Irish Pub 601 N Water St Corpus Christi, TX 78401 (361) 879-0534 http://www.cassidysirishpub.com

Saturday, December 13th, 2008 8:00 PM

Anne Feeney and the Ornery Duffers
Cassidy's Irish Pub
601 N Water St
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
(361) 879-0534
http://www.cassidysirishpub.com

SPECIAL READING OF BURIED: THE SAGO MINE DISASTER

SPECIAL READING OF BURIED: THE SAGO MINE DISASTER



Jerry Starr has been passionate about theatre and human rights all of his life. In 2006, he wrote BURIED: THE SAGO MINE DISASTER to illuminate the costs to worker health and safety of corporate greed unrestrained by government public interest regulation. BURIED is not a political screed, but an intimate portrait of the victims, survivors, corporate and government officials involved in the event in their very own words, as taken from hearings and interviews. It makes matters of life, death and grief personal in ways that are poignant, educational, and even amusing. BURIED was produced to excellent reviews in San Diego in 2007 and IUP in 2008.



In September, Jerry, 67 years old, although a nonsmoker, was advised that he had stage four lung, brain and spine cancer with only months to live. He shared this with his theatre friends, director Marci Woodruff and Mark Clayton Southers, Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company where Jerry had served as Managing Director. As a tribute, Mark decided to produce a staged-reading of BURIED on November 9 (8 pm) at the CLO Cabaret (Theatre District in the Cultural District.)



My friend Marci Woodruff has agreed to direct BURIED. For Jerry’s support, Marci recommended the Cancer Caring Center, an organization that had helped her and so many others in this community deal with this dreaded disease. So, the proceeds from BURIED are dedicated to support the excellent work of the Cancer Caring Center.



Actors donating their time and talent include Doug Mertz, Karen Baum, Bruce Hill, Debra Gordon and Ken Boldon. Fabulous music will be provided by Jack Erdie and Sue Powers. A suggested donation of $25 includes a post-show reception and can be made through the Center at 412-622-1212 or info@cancercaring.org .



The Cancer Caring Center is a local charity that has been providing free emotional support services to cancer patients and families since 1988.

NOVEMBER 2008 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME FOUR, #8

Lots of exciting Get out the Vote Concerts -
Pittsburgh - October 24th
Schenectady - October 25th
Cincinnati - October 27th
Dayton - October 28th

then, New England, DC, VA, GA
many of those dates with Charlie King!!
Please scroll to the bottom of this message for all the details, or
visit http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html

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October 21, 2008

Hi folks ...

It's great to be in Pittsburgh after so many months abroad. My
Danish, Swedish, Canadian and Irish friends are the best... but for
now, my attention is turned toward all you US citizens and the coming
election...

Sarah Palin's nomination tells us what we always suspected:
Republicans really can't tell us women apart.



IN THIS ISSUE:

SING OUT THE VOTE IN OHIO!!
VOTE FOR OBAMA
DEMOCRACY NOW!
SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS
FAMILY NEWS/BIRTHDAYS

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SING OUT THE VOTE OHIO

Many thanks to Holly Near for putting together an 11 day swing
through Ohio to Sing Out the Vote! I'll be joining the tour for the
last two days. If you live in Ohio, check out
http://www.hollynear.com/concerts.html for the complete schedule.
There will be shows in Kent, Columbus, Athens and Marietta before I
join the tour.

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VOTE OBAMA!

I just cast my absentee ballot for Barack Obama. I wish you had been
with me at the Greyhound Station in Pittsburgh the night that Barack
Obama made his acceptance speech ... the hope he generates is real. I
pray that it is not unfounded.

His health care plan is disappointing, his enthusiasm for the war in
Afghanistan is disheartening, his vote for retroactive immunity for
the telecommunications industry was disturbing. I intend to be his
harshest critic once we elect Barack Obama to be the first
African-American President of the United States. But first we have to
elect him.

There is no question that an Obama victory gives us more
opportunities than that of a McCain presidency - or worse still, a
Palin presidency.

The millions of workers whose lives are dramatically impacted by
appointments to the NLRB, OSHA and MSHA know that there is a huge
difference between the candidates. Obama's appointments to these
posts, the federal courts, the EPA and so many other agencies will
make for a better country almost overnight.

Voting is such a tiny part of living in a participatory democracy...
but it's still important. PLEASE VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA.

It's stunning that our expensive electoral extravaganza accomplishes
over 3 years the same thing that Canadians achieve in 5 weeks at a
fraction of the cost. Publicly financed elections are the way to go!
http://www.fairelections.us/

Also check out/ http://www.nomorestolenelections.org


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DEMOCRACY NOW!

In the last couple weeks Amy Goodman has played two of my recordings
on Democracy Now! - "We Do the Work," (Jon Fromer's wonderful
composition that appears on my "Union Maid" CD), and "Rich Man's
House" (the Kensington Welfare Rights Union anthem that I recorded
with Kim and Reggie Harris, Jon Fromer and Rebel Voices on my 2001 CD
- "Have You Been to Jail for Justice?" -- both available at CDBaby or
as digital downloads from CDBaby, Itunes and lots of other online
music sources).

I got to hear Amy speak at the 5th Annual Gandhi-King Peace
Conference. She was powerful and inspiring as always. If you don't
get Democracy Now! on your cable channel, complain! But you can
always stream this essential news broadcast at
http://democracynow.org

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SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS WATCH

This annual event is near and dear to my heart. If you've never
checked out what's going on with your tax dollars, and in your name...
please visit http://soaw.org

Roy Bourgeois of SOAWatch also spoke at the Gandhi-King Conference in
Memphis last week. His powerful testimony about our very own
terrorist training camp would convince anyone who listens.

This is another place where Obama vs. McCain is crystal-clear. We
can CLOSE THE SOA forever with your help!

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FAMILY NEWS/BIRTHDAYS

My daughter, Amy Berlin, bought a house in San Marcos, TX! I can't
wait to see it. (I'm booking a TX tour for December right now. So
far I've got the 6th in College Station and the following weekend in
Corpus. If you'd like to organize a house concert or show, email me
at anne@annefeeney.com)


November 4th - cousin Anthony Mumphrey III (39), Nov 6th - niece
Kimberly Sever (38), Nov 11th - cousin Mary Lane McCahill (61), Nov
12th - my husband, Julie Leonardsson (65), Nov 17th - Larry Funsten
(61), Nov 18th - longtime pal John Morber (59), and Nov 25th, cousin
Kathleen Mumphrey Chapman (40)

This year for Thanksgiving I've got my husband, my son Dan and his
wife Monique, my daughter Amy and her boyfriend Jesse, my sister Kate
and her dog, Wicket, my niece Kimberly and my Irish partner Tom Pigott
for dinner. I'm hoping to organize a great Irish music seisun here
over the weekend. I think my nephew Casey will be off to NC with his
dad. Should be a grand celebration.

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THE TOUR
always check with the venue before heading off to the gig. details are continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html

Friday, November 7th, 2008 10:30 AM
Live on American Roots Radio with host Troy Tyree
WCUW 91.3
Worcester, MA
http://www.live365.com/stations/wcuw?site=pro
Price: free

Friday, November 7th, 2008 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Lee's House Concerts - CANCELLED!
Sharon, MA
Please keep Lee and his family in your thoughts .. His son is undergoing surgery.

Saturday, November 8th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Charlie King in Concert at the One World Coffeehouse
First Universalist Church
59 Main Street
Essex, MA 01929
978-768-7056
Price: $15 suggested

Sunday, November 9th, 2008 10:00 AM
Charlie King and Anne Feeney
First Universalist Church Sunday Service
59 Main Street
Essex, MA 01929
978-768-7056
http://www.uuessex.org/worship/sundayService.html
Price: free, all welcome


Sunday, November 9th, 2008 4:30 PM
Anne Feeney and Charlie King
Passim Folk Music & Cultural Center
47 Palmer Street - Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 492-7679
http://www.clubpassim.org/passimcalendar/viewEvent2.php?evt=1221855943
Price: $15
Main: 617.492.5300

I am so looking forward to sharing the stage at this venerable venue with my friend and mentor Charlie King! Please come, and stay for dinner!

Saturday, November 15th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Charlie King in Concert
Westminster Church
400 I Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
Price: $15 suggested
sponsored by DC Labor for Peace and Justice - Bruce Wolf is the contact ... haunteddog(@)aol.com

Sunday, November 16th, 2008 7:00 PM
Charlie King and Anne Feeney in Concert
40th St. Stage
809 W. 40th St
Norfolk, VA 23508
Price: donations
contact willbaggs2002(@)yahoo.com for more information

Monday, November 17th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Charlie King in Concert
more details soon
Raleigh, NC

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Anne Feeney and Charlie King in Concert
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Rd
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Kennesaw State University is located in Cobb County, 20 minutes north of Atlanta on I-75 one exit north of Town Center Mall. Take the Chastain Road Exit number 271 and turn left if northbound on I-75 (turn right if southbound). Go to the third light if northbound (second if southbound) and turn right onto Kennesaw State University Drive just beyond the soccer field on your right. Continue straight for about one tenth of a mile and park in the Welcome Center lot.

Tom Pynn tpynn(@)kennesaw.edu is the contact.



Thursday, November 20th, 2008 8:00 PM
Concert for SOA Watch with an All-Star Cast (from the left of the galaxy!)
Eyedrum Gallery
290 MLK Drive, SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
http://www.eyedrum.org
Price: donations

Friday, November 21st- Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
School of the Americas Watch Vigil
Fort Benning
Columbus, GA
http://soaw.org


Friday, December 5th, 2008 7:30 PM
House Concert with Anne Feeney & the Ornery Duffers
Stephanie or Jason
1304 Cedar Drive
Kerrville, TX 78028
830-257-8179
Price: $15
Doors open at 7:30, show promptly at 8PM
Email perryfam@ktc.com - call or email Stephanie or Jason to reserve a seat. Snacks, chairs, beverages welcome. Possible jam afterward. Bring musical instruments if you like.

Saturday, December 6th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Danny Yeager\'s house
College Station, TX
(979) 777-8758
http://brazos_progressives.typepad.com/news/2007/02/anne_feeney_hou.html

Friday, December 12th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and the Ornery Duffers
Cassidy\'s Irish Pub
601 N Water St
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
(361) 879-0534
http://www.cassidysirishpub.com

Saturday, December 13th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and the Ornery Duffers
Cassidy\'s Irish Pub
601 N Water St
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
(361) 879-0534
http://www.cassidysirishpub.com

Stop Execution of Troy Davis! Campaign

TELL THE GEORGIA GOV., LEGISLATURE, PAROLE BOARD, BUSH, OBAMA, MCCAIN, CONGRESS AND THE MEDIA: STOP THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS!

Please join the online campaign to STOP THE EXECUTION! FREE TROY DAVIS NOW!
YOUR EMERGENCY ACTION IS NEEDED NOW! Click HERE to Fill in Online Form
Tell Gov. Perdue and the Georgia Parole Board:
STOP THE EXECUTION! FREE TROY DAVIS!
On Monday, October 27, Troy Davis, an African American on death row in Georgia, is scheduled to be legally lynched by the state of Georgia. Davis was convicted in the 1989 killing of a police officer despite what Amnesty International calls "overwhelming doubts about his guilt." No physical forensic evidence was presented at Davis' trial, and 7 of the 9 witnesses have recanted their testimony, with at least two saying they were pressured by police to finger Davis as the killer. Yet on October 14 the Supreme Court refused to allow a new hearing in his case. TAKE ACTION NOW using the form below to let the Georgia Parole Board, Governor, Legislature, and congressional delegation as well as President Bush, Senators Obama and McCain, U.N. Secretary-General Ban, Congressional leaders and members of the media know you demand No Execution of Troy Davis!
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On Monday, October 27, Troy Davis, an innocent man, is scheduled to be executed unless you act to prevent it. He was convicted solely on witness testimony, and 7 of the 9 witnesses have since recanted, many alleging that police coerced them into making false statements.

I join with millions in the US and around the world in demanding that you Stop the execution of Troy Davis. Innocence matters to me. Justice matters to everyone.

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OCTOBER 2008 - Anne Feeney’s Fellow Travelers’ Advisory - VOLUME FOUR, #7

Jan Hammarlund and I at the European Social Forum




Thanks so much for signing up for my once-a-month email news - THE
FELLOW TRAVELERS' ADVISORY

It means so much to me that you want to stay in touch. Please let me
know what you're up to - this newsletter goes out monthly to 7000
activists.

You've seen my show... you know I don't have (and won't have) any
corporate sponsors to promote my music - I count on you! If none of
the upcoming shows are near you, maybe you know someone who lives
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UPCOMING SHOWS!!

(The details for all these shows are at the end of the newsletter,
and continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html(

IRELAND
WASHINGTON, DC - October 10
NEW YORK CITY - October 11
SPRINGFIELD, IL - October 12
MEMPHIS, TN - October 17 & 18
PITTSBURGH, PA - October 24
SCHENECTADY, NY - October 25
WORCESTER, MA - November 5
BOSTON, MA - November 6
*ESSEX, MA* - November 8
*CAMBRIDGE, MA* - November 9
*WASHINGTON, DC* - November 15
*NORFOLK, VA* - November 16
ATLANTA, GA - November 20
FORT BENNING, GA - November 21-23
and then.... TEXAS!!

*these shows are with the fabulous CHARLIE KING!!
http://www.charlieking.org/ - I am so honored, thrilled and happy to
get a chance to tour with this great songwriter, performer and
friend!

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SEPTEMBER!!


I've got to run for the airport to get the flight from Copenhagen to
Ireland, so this will have to be short. If you'd like to see this
with photos, it will be up on my blog soon at
http://fellow-travelers-advisory.blogspot.com/2008/09/october-2008-anne-feeneys-fellow.html

The month started off great at the Kerrville Wine and Music Festival,
where GREEN MOUNTAIN GRASS headlined this year. My daughter Amy's
significant other... Jesse Dalton... plays bass in the band. They
turned in a terrific set, and it was a joy to see them on the main
stage. Dalis Allen, director of the festival, invited me on stage to
say a few words about the meaning of Labor Day. I was delighted, and
honored.

We celebrated Amy's 27th birthday at the festival, and my son Dan and
his wife, Monique, were on hand to help with the celebrations.





Amy's 27th birthday party sushi boat!



After that, my friend Karen Newman came along with me for a great
whirlwind tour of the beautiful Oregon coast. Got in visits with
lots of wonderful friends and had a great time... then on the the
PEACE AND JUSTICE STUDIES ASSOCIATION national conference in
Portland. It was a fantastic experience. As soon as I have a few
minutes, I'll put live links on my blog to some of the amazing folks
who spoke there - ANN WRIGHT, KATHY KELLY, FELICE and JACK
COHEN-JOPPA, BERNARD LAFAYETTE, MARJORIE COHN, STEPHEN ZUNES, SAMI
RASOULI and more more more ... It was a tremendously moving
experience and I learned so much there.

From Portland, on to Malmo, Sweden for the EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM.
Thousands of activists from all over Europe converged on this
gorgeous town in southern Sweden... activists from the labor,
environmental, peace and feminist movements talking about food
security, an end to the war, declining labor standards, poverty,
patriarchy... it was a BLAST.

Then the most wonderful tour of Denmark. More later, but I am so
grateful to Gerd Berlev and Jan Lars Nielsen for their hospitality
and help here in Denmark.

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HELP!!!

I could REALLY use a fill in date for FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th... if you
are anywhere in MA or CT or RI and would consider hosting a house
concert... or know of an event that I could plug into for that
evening... it would be terrific! Please drop me a line -
anne@annefeeney.com

(If the budget permits, CHARLIE KING could join me for this show!)

Also, Charlie and I will be touring together down to the School of
the Americas Watch Vigil and we're looking for a gig somewhere
between Norfolk, VA and Atlanta, GA on November 17th.

If you could host me and Charlie for a show, that would be great!!
Drop me or Charlie a line at anne@annefeeney.com or
VaguelyRem@aol.com.


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HAPPY BIRTHDAY


Casey Horne. Oct 5 - Dan Berlin, Oct 6 - Jennifer Erin McCahill,
Oct 6 - Maureen Metcalfe, Oct 6 - Jan Boyd, Oct 9 - Bill Feeney, Oct
16 - Jill Merrill, Oct 16 - Steve Merrill, Oct 20, Carolyn Weldon,
Oct 28 !!!!


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I'll have more news on my blog soon at
http://fellow-travelers-advisory.blogspot.com/2008/09/october-2008-anne-feeneys-fellow.html

but, I've got to leave for the airport now!


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THE TOUR


September 30-October 9th
Tour Ireland with me! This is Enchanted Way Tour of Ireland - #3 -
http://enchantedwaytours.ie
I've got three more wonderful tours of Ireland coming up in 2009...
drop me a line at anne(@)annefeeney.com to get more information. We
have soooooo much fun on these tours... the scenery, the music, the
history, the poetry, the politics!! YES!!! Come along in 2009.

Friday, October 10th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney, George Mann, Julius Margolin, The DC Labor Chorus, Chris
Chandler, and Anne Hills. A concert to celebrate the release of
"Farewell to the Thief!"
Communications Workers of America Headquarters
501 3rd Street NW, Ground Floor conference center
Washington, DC 20001
http://georgeandjulius.com
Price: $12
no one turned away for lack of funds! A great show, the first of
several CD release parties/concerts featuring artists from the "Hail
to the Thief!" CD series. For more info:
georgemann(@)worldnet.att.net

Saturday, October 11th, 2008 8:00 PM
"Farewell to the Thief!" A benefit concert for the Julius Margolin
Scholarship Fund
Local 802, American Federation of Musicians
322 W. 48th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues
New York, NY
http://georgeandjulius.com
Price: $10/12
no one turned away for lack of funds.
Anne Feeney, George and Julius on the bill...for more info, contact
georgemann(@)worldnet.att.net

Sunday, October 12th, 2008 5:00 PM
23rd Annual Mother Jones Dinner: FDR Meets Anne Feeney
University of Illinois at Springfield Public Affairs Center -- Ground
Floor Sangamon Auditorium Lobby (New location)
Springfield, IL

5:00 p.m. Social Hour 6:00 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Program

Dinner tickets for this year's event are $25.00 each. Reserved tables
for groups of eight are available upon request, arranged the evening
of the program on first-come-first-serve basis. Tickets will be
mailed upon receipt of payment -- so please reply promptly.
Attendance for the program which begins following the meal is free,
and seating will be available at 7:00 p.m.


FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT COMES TO LIFE in the capable hands of
historical dramatist R.J. Lindsey. Through extensive research, a
meticulous attention to detail and the use of only documented
speeches, letters and anecdotes, a vivid living portrait emerges.
Extensive experience as a teacher, researcher and actor have
contributed to the success of his living history programs which have
been seen from Jerusalem to London to the Democratic National
Convention. Lindsey draws upon a rich family history as a descendant
of ancestors who served in the Virginia militia during the Revolution
in 1776, settled the Great Plaines by covered wagon and joined the
Kansas Volunteers during the Civil War. As an educator, Lindsey
taught speech and theater for twelve years. As a theatrical
professional he has appeared on stage and television. His credits
include: She Stood Alone, Fatal Judgment, Will. He is a member of
Actor's Equity, the Screen Actor's Guild, and the American Federation
of Television and Radio Artists. R.J.'s website: www.rjlindsey.com.

Please return reservations and checks payable to:

Mother Jones Foundation
P.O. Box 20412
Springfield, Illinois 62708-0412

For more information call:

Jack Dyer at 217-787-3043 Terry Reed at 217-789-6495



Friday, October 17th, 2008 12:00 PM
Gandhi-King Conference
Christian Brothers University
650 East Parkway
Memphis,, TN 38104
(901)725-4990
http://www.gandhikingconference.org/
Price: $30-70 sliding

Saturday, October 18th, 2008 8:00 PM
Gandhi-King Conference: Continuing the Dream...Constructing the World
House
Christian Brothers University
650 East Parkway
Memphis,, TN 38104
(901)725-4990
http://www.gandhikingconference.org/
Price: $30-70 sliding
Friday, October 24th, 2008 8:00 PM
Celebration of the Life of Utah Phillips: With Anne Feeney, Doug
Wilkin, Sue Powers, Jack Erdie, Sue Gartland, Robert Wagner, Bruce
Hoffman, David King
First Unitarian Church
605 Morewood Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
http://utahphillips.org
Price: $10/20 suggested
Gary Doebler is the contact...esterhazy22(@)hotmail.com

Join us as we celebrate the Golden Voice of the Great Southwest --
Utah Phillips. Read more about him at his website above, and bring a
generous donation for the charity of Utah's choice - Hospitality
House of Grass Valley, CA.

Saturday, October 25th, 2008 8:00 PM
The Eighth Step Presents: Election Day Special with Anne Feeney, Jay
Mankita, Peter Siegel, Addie and Olin, Terri Roben
GE Theatre, Proctors
432 State Street
Schenectady, NY 12305
(518) 434-1703
http://eighthstep.org

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 2:00 PM
Worcester State University
email me - anne@annefeeney.com if you want to come

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 8:00 PM
Association for Humanist Sociology
hootenanny with Jim Infantino!
Boston, MA
email me - anne@annefeeney.com if you want to come

Friday, November 7th, 2008 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Lee's House Concerts - CANCELLED!
Sharon, MA
Please keep Lee and his family in your thoughts .. His son is
undergoing surgery.


PLEASE PLEASE email me if you can do a house concert on this night -
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th!
anne@annefeeney.com


Saturday, November 8th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Charlie King in Concert at the One World Coffeehouse
First Universalist Church
59 Main Street
Essex, MA 01929
978-768-7056
Price: $15 suggested

Sunday, November 9th, 2008 10:00 AM
Charlie King and Anne Feeney
First Universalist Church Sunday Service
59 Main Street
Essex, MA 01929
978-768-7056
http://www.uuessex.org/worship/sundayService.html
Price: free, all welcome

Sunday, November 9th, 2008 4:30 PM
Anne Feeney and Charlie King - EARLY SHOW!!
Passim Folk Music & Cultural Center
47 Palmer Street - Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 492-7679
http://www.clubpassim.org/passimcalendar/viewEvent2.php?evt=1221855943
Price: $15
Main: 617.492.5300

I am so looking forward to sharing the stage at this venerable venue
with my friend and mentor Charlie King! Please come, and stay for
dinner!

Saturday, November 15th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney and Charlie King in Concert
Westminster Church
400 I Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
Price: $15 suggested
sponsored by DC Labor for Peace and Justice - Bruce Wolf is the
contact ... haunteddog(@)aol.com

Sunday, November 16th, 2008 7:00 PM
Charlie King and Anne Feeney in Concert
40th St. Stage
809 W. 40th St
Norfolk, VA 23508
Price: donations
contact willbaggs2002(@)yahoo.com for more information

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 8:00 PM
Concert for SOA Watch with an All-Star Cast (from the left side of
the galaxy!)
Eyedrum Gallery
290 MLK Drive, SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
http://www.eyedrum.org
Price: donations

Friday, November 21s- Sunday, November 23rd
School of the Americas Watch Vigil
Fort Benning
Columbus, GA
http://soaw.org

Why the Media Blackout on violence against Journalists at the RNC?

Subject: This is America. We don't jail journalists here.

Dear Friend,

Jailing journalists is unacceptable in a democracy. But that's exactly what is happening at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Award winning journalist and host of "Democracy Now" Amy Goodman was arrested by St. Paul police while covering a protest outside the Republican National Convention. Though clearly identified as press, Goodman was charged with "obstruction of a legal process and interference with a 'peace officer.'" Two of her producers were arrested for "suspicion of felony riot."

To tell you that this arrest was brutal and upsetting simply doesn't do it justice. Watch this video to see for yourself. Then take action.

I just e-mailed the presidents of CNN and NBC News (which oversees MSNBC) to demand that their networks cover this important story. I hope you will too.

Please have a look and take action.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/dont_arrest_journalists/?r_by=803-67961-8NPJObx&rc=paste

Thanks!

SEPTEMBER 2008 - Anne Feeney’s Fellow Travelers’ Advisory - VOLUME FOUR, 6

Greetings from Austin, TX!

Hi Folks:

I'm leaving in an hour for the airport to head off to the Oregon
Coast for an action-packed tour that ends in Portland at a fabulous
Peace and Justice Studies Conference featuring Ann Wright, Kathy
Kelly and Steven Zunes and lots of great music by me and David
Rovics.

all the details are posted at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html -
PLEASE come to my Oregon gigs and/or tell your friends to come!


ANYONE FEELING ADVENTUROUS?

PLEASE consider a spur-of-the-moment decision to join this third tour
of Ireland! We've still got a dozen empty seats and a splendid time is
guaranteed. You arrive in Ireland on September 30 and return on
October 9th, having had the time of your life! (I promise!)

http://annefeeney.com/Pages/enchantedwaytours.html and a detailed
itinerary for this trip is at
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13

Here's a link to some great photos from the last tour by tourmate
Robert Howell

http://home.comcast.net/~irow/Ireland/

Drop me an email if you're interested. If you've got a passport and
an urge to travel I've got a fantastic offer for you.


UPCOMING TOUR INFO

From there it's off to the European Social Forum in Copenhagen, a few
gigs in southern Sweden and Denmark and then the final tour of Ireland
for 2008.

I'm booking TX for December. Then off to California, Oregon,
Washington and BC in Jan/Feb 2009. Some of these dates will be with
the fabulous REBEL VOICES - Janet Stecher and Susan Lewis. Let me
know if you'd like us to come to your town.


CHAOS IN THE TWIN CITIES

Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now crew were arrested in St Paul at
the convention. My friends Roy Zimmerman, David Rovics and the Prince
Myshkins are all on the scene.

Just what we needed - a gun-toting creeationist pro-life hunter with
a pregnant teenage daughter for the Republican ticket -- that ought
to attract the women's vote!





FAMILY NEWS - BIRTHDAYS


We celebrated my daughter Amy's 27th birthday (September 1) in style
throughout the 2008 Kerrville Wine and Music Festival. Her boyfriend
Jesse Dalton's band - Green Mountain Grass - performed the last night
of the festival and rocked the house! My son Dan returned to the
Quiet Valley Ranch for the first time since 2002 to help with the
celebrations and brought his wonderful wife Monique with him. It was
a great family weekend in Kerrville!

My husband has sold his house and moved to Kopparberg - about 30
miles from his hometown of Smedjebacken.

Christina Mumphrey - Sep 3, Mary Grefenstette - Sep 11,
Kris Deelane - Sep 12, Folk legend Faith Petric - Sep 13 1915, Tod
Faller - Sep 14, Mardy Weber McCahill - Sep 21, Mary Kerchner - Sep
25, Kay McCahill Mumphrey - Sep 25, Charlie Warren - Sep 27 2006

Keep my friend Robert Morrison in your thoughts. I heard he had a
terrible fall in Denton, TX just before this year's festival.

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THE TOUR

Saturday, September 6th, 2008 7:30 PM
Concert at Colette's
Colette's: Good Food and Hungry Minds
3229 Broadway H
North Bend, OR
(541) 751-1475
http://www.colettescrepes.com/1294187.html
Price: $15 suggested


Sunday, September 7th, 2008 8:00 PM
House Concert
Ken and Janet Bates' place
89569 Sunny Loop Lane
Bandon, OR 97411
info@janetbates.com for reservations and directions


Monday, September 8th, 2008 6:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert in the Bromley Room
Florence Public Library
Florence, OR
Price: $10 suggested
gvkelly(@)oregonfast.net


Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
USW Local
1400 SE Salem Ave
Albany, OR 97321
Price: $15 suggested
email roknron_99(@)yahoo.com for more info


Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert with Brian QTN!!!
Sam Bond's Garage
407 BLAIR BLVD
Eugene, OR
http://www.sambonds.com/
Price: $8


Thursday, September 11th, 2008 12:00 PM
PJSA Conference
Portland State University
Portland, OR
http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/conference/
this conference runs through Sept 14th
tom hastings is the contact
pcwtom(@)gmail.com


Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 8:00 PM
European Social Forum
Malmö
Sweden
http://www.esf2008.org/
This Forum runs from September 17-21 - I'll be there for the whole
thing, and looking for gigs in Lund, Copenhagen and thereabouts until
I leave for Ireland on September 29th.

DENMARK GIGS

If you want to see me performing in Denmark or souther n Sweden
contact gerd(@)berlev.dk to find out about upcoming gigs or to
arrange one! Here's what I have from Gerd so far:

Sunday, september 21
3.00 pm Poetry
3.15 pm Merry-Go-Round, own music
4.00 pm Anne Feeney
Politics and culture - Message from the Grassroots,
www.messagefromthegrassroots.com, www.budskabfragrasrodderne.dk & The
Moonfisher invite
Månefiskeren (The Moonfisher) at Christiania, Copenhagen
contact gerd@berlev.dk

Tuesday, september 23
4.30-5.00 pm Anne Feeney Warm up to general assembly in BJMF,
Servicegruppen (local union for Soil & Concrete-workers(?))
Trekronergade 26, Valby, Copenhagen
contact gerd@berlev.dk

Wednesday, september 24
5.00 pm Merry-Go-Round, own music
5.45 pm Anne Feeney
Griffenfeldsgade 52
2200 Copenhagen N
Concert to support Det Poetiske Bureau, The Poetic Bureau,
www.poet-bureau.dk
contact gerd@berlev.dk

Friday, september 26
1.00-3.00 pm Karsten Hønge 50 years birthsday
"Fagforeningernes Hus" Vindegade 72
contact Karsten Hønge phone: (045)20 45 50 62

Friday, September 26th, 2008 8:00 PM
Consert with Micael Castor Andersen
more details soon
Svendborg
Denmark

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 8:00 PM
Tour Ireland with me! September 30-October 9th
plenty of seats on this tour, which will feature the best airfares of
the year

AUGUST 2008 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME FOUR,

AUGUST 2008 - Anne Feeney's Fellow Travelers' Advisory - VOLUME FOUR,#5

Hej! Hello from Smedjebacken! Thanks for signing up for my
once-a-month email news .... Drop me a line and let me know what
you're up to... and thanks sooooo much for your support and your
interest in my music and my work!


IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:

complete and updated info @ http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html

Please tell your friends that I'm headed to ---

Joe Hill's Birthplace Museum - Gävle, Sweden - August 5th
Kulturhustäket - Stockholm, Sweden - August 6th
Sandino's - Derry, N. Ireland - August 21st
Ireland Anti-War Benefit - Dublin, Ireland - August 24th
Kerrville Wine & Music Fest - August 29-Sept 1st (not performing,
though)
Collette's - North Bend, OR - September 6th
House Concert - Bandon, OR - September 7th
Library - Florence, OR - September 8th
House Concert - Albany, OR - September 9th
Sam Bond's Garage - Eugene, OR - September 10th
PJSA Conference - Portland, OR - September 11-13th
European Social Forum - Malmö, Sweden Sept 17-21
Svendborg, Denmark on September 26thJ
Third IRELAND tour - September 30th-October 9th

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Come to Ireland with Me!!

There are still seats left on the tour of Cork, Kerry and Clare that
begins September 30 and ends October 9th. This will be a fantastic
tour with great music every night and breathtaking scenery every day.
We've got a wonderful group of people and we're saving a space for
YOU!!! This is a fantastic value... Here's a picture of our June tour group, taken at the bridge featured in the John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara film "The Quiet Man."







Check out all the details at
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13 where you'll find a
complete description and email me at anne@annefeeney.com to come
along...

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LABOR DAY 2008

The only place you'll be able to hear me sing this Labor Day is on
your stereo. I couldn't find any work. And it looks like my
colleagues are also unemployed this Labor Day Weekend. What's
happening to labor culture???

You would think that in such a crucial election year that labor would be taking advantage of Labor Day to present cultural events coast to coast that tell Labor's vision, history and values.

The best idea I've seen for the future of labor comes from my friend
Tom Geoghegan --

Six words could change the future for organized labor... find out
what they are at:

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_9988069

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DID YOU KNOW...


Did you know that when you buy one of my CDs on CDBaby they send me a
cute email that says: Break out the Champagne!! Look who just bought a
copy of "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back!" (or "Union Maid" or "If I
Can't Dance" or "Heartland" or "Look to the Left" ... you get the
idea..) and it gives me your name, info, and any message you've left
for me. It's so exciting and such a lift to get those emails! I love
it!!

So please, go to http://cdbaby.com/all/unionmaid and get one of my
CDs for yourself, or as a gift for the working class hero in your
life. Put some labor culture into your Labor Day celebrations.

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SWEDISH PRESS

Since my arrival in Sweden I've had a dozen or more press interviews
and reviews... (here's a link to a nice one about a wonderful
festival I played in Skellefteå -- 700 miles north of Stockholm --
just a couple hours south of the Arctic Circle.)

http://norran.se/noje/article144681.ece

The one that made me laugh out loud was a story where the (very)
young reporter asked me to describe my music. I replied that it was
very much in the spirit of Pete Seeger. Her face was blank. So I
wrote down his name for her and suggested that she look him up. I
told her a little bit about Pete and his music and his work.
Apparently she didn't have time to look him up. The next day the
article said, "When I asked her to describe her music, she said that
she sounds like an 89 year old man who is still performing."

BOOKS

I'm reading Les Leopold's wonderful biography of Tony Mazzochi - The
Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony
Mazzochi. God how I miss Tony Mazzochi - a real visionary.

And as soon as I've finished it, I'm ordering

Steve Ellner. Rethinking Venezuelan Politics: Class, Conflict, and
the Chavez Phenomenon. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2008 from
Powell's Books.

There is so much crazy stuff being written about Hugo Chavez, but Kim
Scipes' thoughtful review
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/scipes170708.html convinced me this
is the book I want to read about what's going on in Venezuela -- and
South America.

The Shock Doctrine is out in paperback now. If you haven't read
Naomi Klein's book, I'm sure that you'll find it very interesting.


££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££


STANDING IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS?

These young activists in Indiana need some bail and legal defense
funds. Any group that wants to dance/march into the Cato Institute
has got my support!

http://stopi69. wordpress. com/
http://stopi69.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/i-69-opponent-hit-with-repression-in-slapp-lawsuit-after-lockdown-arrest-support-needed/

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FAMILY NEWS!

I missed a July family birthday -- the Duncan triplets, Emma, Tara
and Colin -- turned three in San Diego on July 16th.



It's Emma, Colin, Tara and big brother Connor ...



They'll be getting a new cousin, too, we hear! Katie and James
McCahill are expecting...

And Kristin Brown and Anthony Blanco will be providing little
Antonito with a sister or brother in February...

Jody Brown has moved to Hong Kong to work for EDAW.

Monique Murad and Dan Berlin will be moving to QUITO, Ecuador very
soon. Monique will be working for USAID there, and Dan will do his
last semester of law school at 10,000 feet in Ecuador.

Monique and Dan, and my daughter Amy Berlin and her sweetie Jesse
Dalton and I will all be together at the Kerrville Wine and Music
Festival, August 28-Sept 1st. I'm soooooo looking forward to that!

And Iron Man Dan Berlin turned in some respectable scores in The
General Smallwood Triathlon .. He had to swim 1500 meters, bike
24.9 miles, run 6.2 miles ... ouch! He finished 11th in his age
group (25-29) and 73rd overall... you can check his scores at:
http://www.setupevents.com/files/GSI_AGMen_08.html

And my darling Amy was called upon to officiate at a wedding ceremony
in Mexico last month when the shaman who was supposed to perform the
ceremony was unable to attend!!

Julie is putting his house on the market ... we're painting and
packing and sprucing the place up... he's going to move to
Kopparberg... a little town about 30 miles from here .... A dear old
friend of his has bought a gorgeous estate and is setting it up as a
sort of hippie retirement commune... We'll have a five room
apartment there... It's an idyllic spot. It's bittersweet to leave
this house and Smedjebacken behind us... luckily it's not very far
behind us... we can come back to see friends any time we like...

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BIRTHDAYS

Jeanne Clark - Aug 4, Cathy Weldon - Aug 7, Judy Sue Wolfson - Aug
10, Working Class Hero Julius Margolin - August 15th, Jonas Engström - Aug 31 1981

Send Julius Margolin a birthday card



Julius Margolin
330 W 28th, Apt 3-G
New York, NY 10001





He's 92 this year - Learn more about his life and work at http://georgemann.home.att.net/film/new_film_index.html

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THE TOUR:

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 7:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Consert!
Joe Hill Huset
Nedre Bergsgatan 28
Gävle, Sweden
070-3186391
http://www.gavle.se/turism/sevart/gamla_g.html


Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 7:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Kulturhustaket
Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.kulturhuset.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=22977
Price: 150 sek
Kompledigt© -- Stiko Per Larsson, Anne Feeney
Stiko Per Larsson är en dalkarl som på rekordtid, och med hjälp av
albumdebuten "Flyktsagor", byggt upp en hängiven publik runtom i
landet. Hör du inte till dom redan är det kanske dags att upptäcka
honom på Kulturhustaket... (with a special guest, too!)

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 7:00 PM
Fundraiser for Derry Anti-War Committee
Sandino's
Derry, Ireland
http://www.sandinos.com/
Contact: Resistderry(@)aol.com


Sunday, August 24th, 2008 3-8PM
Ireland Anti-War Committee Benefit Concert 3PM-8PM
Venue to be announced very soon!
Dublin - Ireland
087 918 4552
http://www.antiwarireland.org
Price: €10 suggested... all welcome
This show is definite, although the location is not, as I go to
press. We'll be starting with a couple of support acts, and the "$7
million disarmament hammer" will be available for folks to take
photos with and maybe a short speech by Harry Browne about his
forthcoming book "Hammered by the Irish" (www.counterpunch.org )

ADMISSION 5 euro and 10 euro
CONTACT PHONE Ciaron
EMAIL ploughsharesireland(@)yahoo.co.uk
also check out http://www.peaceontrial.com


Saturday, September 6th, 2008 7:30 PM
Concert at Collette's
Collette's Crepes
1611 Virginia Avenue, Suite #501
North Bend, OR 97459-2759
(541) 751-1475
http://www.colettescrepes.com/1294187.html
Price: $15 suggested

Sunday, September 7th, 2008 8:00 PM
House Concert
Ken and Janet Bates' place
89569 Sunny Loop Lane
Bandon, OR 97411
email jankenb@starband.net for more information and reservations

Monday, September 8th, 2008 6:30 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert in the Bromley Room
Florence Public Library
Florence, OR
Price: $10 suggested

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Ron Rodgers' House
Albany, OR
email roknron_99(@)yahoo.com to reserve a seat and get directions


Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Sam Bond's Garage
407 BLAIR BLVD
Eugene, OR
http://www.sambonds.com/
Price: $8

Thursday, September 11th- Sunday, Sept 13th
Peace & Justice Studies A Conference
Portland State University
Portland, OR
http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/conference/
this conference runs through Sept 14th
Kathy Kelly, Ann Wright, Stephen Zunes, David Rovics and much much
more! Don't miss it
info(at)peacejusticestudies.org
I perform several times: Thursday evening, at a rally on Friday
afternoon, at the banquet on Saturday evening.



Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 8:00 PM
European Social Forum
Malmö, Sweden
http://www.esf2008.org/
This Forum runs from September 17-21 - I'll be there for the whole
thing, and looking for gigs in Lund, Copenhagen and thereabouts until
I leave for Ireland on September 29th.

Friday, September 26th, 2008 8:00 PM
Consert with Micael Castor Andersen
Svendborg, Denmark
more info soon


Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 8:00 PM
Tour Ireland with me! September 30-October 9th
plenty of seats on this tour, which will feature the best airfares of
the year, a great group of folks, the best music, amazing scenery...
yow!! come along!!
Check out all the details at
http://www.enchantedwaytours.ie/?page_id=13 where you'll find a
complete description and email me at anne@annefeeney.com to come
along...


and after that...

NEW ENGLAND IN NOVEMBER... including a mini-tour with the wonderful
Charlie King!

SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS WATCH VIGIL @ FT BENNING

A MIDWEST TOUR IN DECEMBER WITH THE ORNERY DUFFERS - featuring me,
Oliver Steck (trumpet, accordion, somersaults and vocals) and a tuba
player TBA... this tour will be part marching band, part dance band,
part revolutionary incendiary sing a long, part circus!! book a show
in your town now! email anne@annefeeney.com

JANUARY 2009 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST/BRITISH COLUMBIA

APRIL 2009 - ONTARIO with JOEY ONLY!!