Friday, August 01, 2008

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.


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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!!

Monster: Who Really Killed the Knoxville Unitarians?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/monster-who-really-killed_b_115363.html


From the Huffington Post:
Monster: Who Really Killed the Knoxville Unitarians?
By RJ Eskow Posted July 28, 2008

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I'd say that Unitarians were God's thoughtful people, but they make no particular claims about God. In some parts of the country that takes real courage.

My first wife and I joined a Unitarian church in suburban DC and raised our kids there. She and I were from different religious backgrounds - in a way, I was from different religious backgrounds, raised in Judaism but with Catholic and Southern Baptist relatives. We both practiced Buddhist meditation (and found others there that did the same.)

Unitarians tend to be intellectual, verbal, literate, thoughtful, and from a variety of backgrounds. Some are atheist, some are agnostic, others believe in God in a variety of Eastern and Western forms. Some would describe themselves as "ethically Christian," although others would not - and it is not an exclusively Christian group. The running joke among Unitarians was that the name "Jesus" is only heard when someone falls down the stairs, and that the only sacrament is the black coffee brewed after services.

The Unitarian Universalist (or UU) denomination is the product of a merger between Unitarianism and Universalism, two centuries-old Christian denominations. Unitarianism was founded on the belief that the Trinity was illogical and that there could only be one divinity. Universalists believed that God was too merciful to condemn anyone to an eternity in hell, and that even the most evil person would get out of there eventually (after fifty thousand years or so). Eventually they merged and abandoned all dogma. (You can read the Knoxville church's website for a summary of beliefs.)

When my work sent me to Hungary, I arrived in the only nation on earth that ever had a Unitarian state (during the reign of King John Sigismund, who decreed religious tolerance in 1568). Ralph Waldo Emerson is the closest thing to a saint that UU's have. An ordained minister in the church, his Harvard Divinity School address was revolutionary in its day.

Emerson rejected all claims of the supernatural in the Bible. He said that miracles were "monster," in the original meaning of that word as "against nature." In a characteristically striking turn of phrase, he said they were "not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain." Emerson was telling us that the beauty of the manifest world should be enough.

Is it worth killing a person for believing that?
My current (and future) wife and I were married by the Rev. Forrest Church at All Souls Unitarian in Manhattan. (Dr. Church is now teaching us how to face death.) When at several points in my career jobs came up in the Deep South, I always checked to see if there was a Unitarian Church nearby. One of those job possibilities, which I chose not to pursue, was in Knoxville.

Jim Adkisson of Powell, Tennessee was the man with his finger on the trigger. He had mental health problems, and a hard and bitter life. He apparently left a letter explaining that he hated the church for its liberal beliefs and opinions. And the church had a sign outside indicating it welcomed gays and lesbians.

Who really killed those Unitarians? Was it the preachers who spread hatred and intolerance? The politicians who court and flatter them instead of condemning their hate speech? The media machine that attacks liberals, calls them "traitors" and suggests you speak to them "with a baseball bat"? The economic system that batters people like Jim Adkisson until they snap, then tells them their real enemies are gays and liberals and secular humanists?

If you ask me, it was all of the above.
You killed them, Pat Robertson. You killed them, Pastor Hagee. You killed them, Ann Coulter. You killed them, Dick Morris and Sean Hannity and the rest of you at Fox News.

The shooting began while the children of the church were putting on a musical based on "Annie." One broad-shouldered church member blocked the bullets from hitting other people, and died. You don't need to believe in dogma to be a hero. Remember that song from "Annie"? It probably got on your nerves like it got on mine. "The sun'll come out tomorrow."

The sun coming out. That's natural. It's one with the blowing clover and the falling rain. But a man driven insane, then programmed by society to kill people just because they're loving and tolerant?

That's monster.