Saturday, March 25, 2006
Fellow Travelers' Advisory from Anne Feeney - APRIL 2006, VOLUME TWO, # 1
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
Mini-tour with Jack Erdie
March 30 - Lexington, KY
March 31 - Carbondale, IL
April 1 - Cincinnati, OH
April 2 - Cincinnati, OH
then... Indianapolis; Shippensburg, PA; Las Vegas, NV (UMWA Convention!); Indiana, PA; Toronto, ON; San Diego, CA; Olympia, WA; Vancouver, WA; Madison, WI; Haledon, NJ
and coming up soon - the amazing left coast tour with Dave Lippman! - I could use some help with the empty dates, folks. And if I'm waiting to hear from you, write!!!
Welcome
New CD
Boilermakers in Monthly Review
Bob Blue
I Wish I'd Said That....
Your Fabulous Letters to Chavez
Tour Dates
****************************************
Please forward this widely. You can subscribe to this once-a-month newsletter by clicking here
****************************************
Hi there hellraisers!
I can't believe this is the thirteenth monthly newsletter... I hope you're enjoying them ... I sure love hearing back from you.
I have put my Florida tour stories into the "Breaking News" link on my website. I'll just say that it was absolutely wonderful. Terrific audiences, great reunions with dear old friends and many wonderful new friends too!
And this is the busiest most amazing April ever!
I'll be traveling from Toronto to San Diego, and from Portland, OR to Newark, with stops in Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Madison, Olympia and many other destinations... details are on my Tour Dates Calendar
I wish every month were like this... colleges, festivals, conventions, activist conferences. I'm so excited to be invited to the United Mineworkers' Convention in Las Vegas. My granddad organized for the UMWA and I've had a lot of fun and inspiration over the years working with the UMWA. I'm also looking forward to the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union Convention in Toronto.
And I wish that all of you could come with me to see the fantastic work being done day in and day out across the country to resist this evil empire. The 33% approval rating is at least in part due to our efforts...
Some of you may have caught the national news story about the FBI spying on Pittsburgh's Thomas Merton Center.
I wasn't at all surprised that the FBI was spying on us. They've probably been spying on us since we founded the center in 1972. It was disconcerting to learn that they had actually infiltrated us and had an inside informant reporting to them on our "seditious" activities -- FLASH! FLASH! the FBI infiltrator/informant uncovered the information that the "Merton Center is a left-leaning organization committed to pacifism." Our tax dollars at work.
I hope to see you soon.
Love and solidarity
Anne
*******************************************
NEW CD
I'm looking for a studio in Pittsburgh to record some of the songs y'all have been asking for... I'll keep you posted. I'm hoping to have it finished before April 15th.
************************************************
BOILERMAKERS 484
There's a great article in Monthly Review about the Celanese Lockout of Boilermakers' 484 in Meredosia, IL. Their unemployment benefits have been exhausted and these workers could really use your donations.
Boilermakers Local 484
Solidarity/Defense Fund
P.O. Box258
300 Main Street
Meredosia, IL 62665
or donate securely online
Later on this month I'll be in Madison, WI performing with a band that features locked out members of this local ....
***************************************************
BOB BLUE
My dear friend and mentor Bob Blue finally succumbed to MS on St Patrick's morning. He is the composer of "Courage (Diane)" - the song about the junior high girl who has been singled out for bullying (on "Have You Been to Jail for Justice?"). Back in 1991 I also recorded his wonderful "Dear Mr. President" - a song about the arms race and/or sticker collections. For the past 20 years I have watched Bob gracefully deal with one heartbreaking setback and debilitating limitation after another from the ravages of MS. Throughout it all, he remained unbelievably optimistic, funny, productive and joyful. He once quipped that his body was an allegory for what's the matter with the United States. Bob said, "What MS does is ridiculously beef up the body's defense system at the expense of all the rest of the body's needs. Eventually this over-funded defense system destroys its host."
Check out Bob Blue's website
***********************************************
I WISH I'D SAID THAT....
Many of you have probably seen this, but I loved it enough to pass on to you....
On the Bible and the Constitution
On Wednesday, March 1st, 2006, in Annapolis at a hearing on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to prohibit gay marriage in Maryland, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at AU, was requested to testify.
At the end of his testimony, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs said: "Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman.
What do you have to say about that?"
Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."
**************************************************
FAMILY NEWS
My daughter Amy Berlin had a choice role in the Portland production of "The Vagina Monologues" -- This terrific show by Eve Ensler has raised millions of dollars for women's centers and shelters since its inception -- as well as raising awareness of domestic violence.
My son Dan Berlin and his fiance Monique Murad were in Pasadena looking for locations for their mid-June 2007 wedding.
My Aunt Claire O'Connor is going to be a great-grandmother again. Kelly Grefenstette and Charles Warren are expecting.
Come on, cousins! send me your news!
****************************************************
CHAVEZ LETTERS
Thanks to everyone who took me up on my invitation to write letters last month to Hugo Chavez on the AFI website... Here are a couple of my favorites....
Dear President Chavez,
Just a note to let you know that I WILL be shopping at Citgo. The American Family Institute says that you have "vowed to take down our government" but I can read - this isn't what you said at all. I agree that ending American
Imperialism is a good idea, and I agree that our President George W. Bush (however unwittingly) has done more to promote terrorism than anyone in this century. He is a disgrace to the United States.
I salute your courage and your generosity.
Sincerely,
Brice F
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Presidente Hugo Chavez
Your Excellency,
Keep up the good work, the work you are doing for your country and your people. Continue using your vast oil revenues to support much needed social programs for your hitherto deprived poor. You and I know that that indeed is Christ's work - "He who does this for the least of My brethren has done it for Me".
It's about time that His natural resources are being dispersed to all of His people and just not to the super rich - they who need no help.
God almighty Hugo, just what in the hell is that right wing religious fundamentalist whacko Pat Robertson talking about? He sure doesn't know a great deal about true Christian values. He defends and serves only the interests of his right wing Republican cronies and the rich. Hopefully, the gullible are finding him out and will reject his brand of pharisaicism.
Pat F
Covington, KY
_________________________________________
Mini-tour with Jack Erdie
March 30 - Lexington, KY
March 31 - Carbondale, IL
April 1 - Cincinnati, OH
April 2 - Cincinnati, OH
then... Indianapolis; Shippensburg, PA; Las Vegas, NV (UMWA Convention!); Indiana, PA; Toronto, ON; San Diego, CA; Olympia, WA; Vancouver, WA; Madison, WI; Haledon, NJ
and coming up soon - the amazing left coast tour with Dave Lippman! - I could use some help with the empty dates, folks. And if I'm waiting to hear from you, write!!!
Welcome
New CD
Boilermakers in Monthly Review
Bob Blue
I Wish I'd Said That....
Your Fabulous Letters to Chavez
Tour Dates
****************************************
Please forward this widely. You can subscribe to this once-a-month newsletter by clicking here
****************************************
Hi there hellraisers!
I can't believe this is the thirteenth monthly newsletter... I hope you're enjoying them ... I sure love hearing back from you.
I have put my Florida tour stories into the "Breaking News" link on my website. I'll just say that it was absolutely wonderful. Terrific audiences, great reunions with dear old friends and many wonderful new friends too!
And this is the busiest most amazing April ever!
I'll be traveling from Toronto to San Diego, and from Portland, OR to Newark, with stops in Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Madison, Olympia and many other destinations... details are on my Tour Dates Calendar
I wish every month were like this... colleges, festivals, conventions, activist conferences. I'm so excited to be invited to the United Mineworkers' Convention in Las Vegas. My granddad organized for the UMWA and I've had a lot of fun and inspiration over the years working with the UMWA. I'm also looking forward to the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union Convention in Toronto.
And I wish that all of you could come with me to see the fantastic work being done day in and day out across the country to resist this evil empire. The 33% approval rating is at least in part due to our efforts...
Some of you may have caught the national news story about the FBI spying on Pittsburgh's Thomas Merton Center.
I wasn't at all surprised that the FBI was spying on us. They've probably been spying on us since we founded the center in 1972. It was disconcerting to learn that they had actually infiltrated us and had an inside informant reporting to them on our "seditious" activities -- FLASH! FLASH! the FBI infiltrator/informant uncovered the information that the "Merton Center is a left-leaning organization committed to pacifism." Our tax dollars at work.
I hope to see you soon.
Love and solidarity
Anne
*******************************************
NEW CD
I'm looking for a studio in Pittsburgh to record some of the songs y'all have been asking for... I'll keep you posted. I'm hoping to have it finished before April 15th.
************************************************
BOILERMAKERS 484
There's a great article in Monthly Review about the Celanese Lockout of Boilermakers' 484 in Meredosia, IL. Their unemployment benefits have been exhausted and these workers could really use your donations.
Boilermakers Local 484
Solidarity/Defense Fund
P.O. Box258
300 Main Street
Meredosia, IL 62665
or donate securely online
Later on this month I'll be in Madison, WI performing with a band that features locked out members of this local ....
***************************************************
BOB BLUE
My dear friend and mentor Bob Blue finally succumbed to MS on St Patrick's morning. He is the composer of "Courage (Diane)" - the song about the junior high girl who has been singled out for bullying (on "Have You Been to Jail for Justice?"). Back in 1991 I also recorded his wonderful "Dear Mr. President" - a song about the arms race and/or sticker collections. For the past 20 years I have watched Bob gracefully deal with one heartbreaking setback and debilitating limitation after another from the ravages of MS. Throughout it all, he remained unbelievably optimistic, funny, productive and joyful. He once quipped that his body was an allegory for what's the matter with the United States. Bob said, "What MS does is ridiculously beef up the body's defense system at the expense of all the rest of the body's needs. Eventually this over-funded defense system destroys its host."
Check out Bob Blue's website
***********************************************
I WISH I'D SAID THAT....
Many of you have probably seen this, but I loved it enough to pass on to you....
On the Bible and the Constitution
On Wednesday, March 1st, 2006, in Annapolis at a hearing on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to prohibit gay marriage in Maryland, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at AU, was requested to testify.
At the end of his testimony, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs said: "Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman.
What do you have to say about that?"
Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."
**************************************************
FAMILY NEWS
My daughter Amy Berlin had a choice role in the Portland production of "The Vagina Monologues" -- This terrific show by Eve Ensler has raised millions of dollars for women's centers and shelters since its inception -- as well as raising awareness of domestic violence.
My son Dan Berlin and his fiance Monique Murad were in Pasadena looking for locations for their mid-June 2007 wedding.
My Aunt Claire O'Connor is going to be a great-grandmother again. Kelly Grefenstette and Charles Warren are expecting.
Come on, cousins! send me your news!
****************************************************
CHAVEZ LETTERS
Thanks to everyone who took me up on my invitation to write letters last month to Hugo Chavez on the AFI website... Here are a couple of my favorites....
Dear President Chavez,
Just a note to let you know that I WILL be shopping at Citgo. The American Family Institute says that you have "vowed to take down our government" but I can read - this isn't what you said at all. I agree that ending American
Imperialism is a good idea, and I agree that our President George W. Bush (however unwittingly) has done more to promote terrorism than anyone in this century. He is a disgrace to the United States.
I salute your courage and your generosity.
Sincerely,
Brice F
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Presidente Hugo Chavez
Your Excellency,
Keep up the good work, the work you are doing for your country and your people. Continue using your vast oil revenues to support much needed social programs for your hitherto deprived poor. You and I know that that indeed is Christ's work - "He who does this for the least of My brethren has done it for Me".
It's about time that His natural resources are being dispersed to all of His people and just not to the super rich - they who need no help.
God almighty Hugo, just what in the hell is that right wing religious fundamentalist whacko Pat Robertson talking about? He sure doesn't know a great deal about true Christian values. He defends and serves only the interests of his right wing Republican cronies and the rich. Hopefully, the gullible are finding him out and will reject his brand of pharisaicism.
Pat F
Covington, KY
_________________________________________
Friday, February 24, 2006
Fellow Travelers' Advisory from Anne Feeney - MARCH 2006: VOLUME ONE, #12
Fellow Travelers' Advisory from Anne Feeney - MARCH 2006: VOLUME ONE, #12
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
This Sunday, February 26 in Tucson, AZ - this is my first visit to Tucson in years... please let any friends you have here know about this show!
MARCH 1-18 - FLORIDA, north, south, east & west!
MARCH 19 - Pittsburgh! (really)
MARCH 30-APRIL 1 ... on tour in the midwest with the amazing JACK ERDIE! Lexington,
Carbondale, Cincinnati & ???
all up-to-the-minute gig details at my website
________________________________________
please buy my cds
if this was forwarded to you, or you're reading it on a blog, please subscribe.
________________________________________
IN THIS ISSUE:
FEBRUARY NEWS
BUY CITGO
GREAT NEWS SOURCE/ACTION GUIDE
FAMILY NEWS
________________________________________
FEBRUARY NEWS
February may be the shortest month of the year, but mine was really action packed! I started February in Denmark and Sweden. Both countries were hosting Social Forums to coincide with the World Social Forum, which was being held in Caracas, Venezuela.
I participated in panel discussions in both Lund (labor law and workers' rights) and Copenhagen (domestic surveillance and the Patriot Act). The day I arrived in Copenhagen there were demonstrations throughout the country urging respect and tolerance in the wake of the publication of the cartoons. The whole thing seems so crazy and un-Danish. Not that there aren't racist crazies in Denmark who thrive on anti-Muslim sentiments, but most Danes are the essence of tolerance and understanding. It smacks of CIA Cointelpro type activity to me. Some people fear this is an attempt to build up support for campaigns against Iran and Syria.
My concert at Lille Teatern (The Little Theater) in Lund was one of my favorite concerts ever... a terrific audience and a charming room. And the concert at the Danish Social Forum was with a full tilt rock and roll band including Soren Berlev of the legendary Danish band Gasolin on drums.
I went from Scandinavia straight to the Folk Alliance conference in Austin. My union, Local 1000 of the American Federation of Musicians, hosted a concert to benefit the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic and raised over $2000 at the conference. I had great visits with so many old friends, and got to meet and hear the fantastic
Roy Zimmerman. My pal Steve Brooks won the impromptu songwriting contest held there with his tune "Deadeye Dick.' The hilarious and talented Carla Ulbrich also had a terrific song about Cheney's drunken hunting adventure.
I did a quick Texas tour, raising about $1200 for the locked out Boilermakers in Meredosia, IL. Their unemployment benefits ran out recently and they need your help more than ever. Read about this lockout and donate online or by mail to:
Boilermakers Local 484 Solidarity/Defense Fund
P.O. Box258
300 Main Street
Meredosia, IL 62665
Teresa Allen lined up some fabulous work for me with three different UU congregations who hosted me in style in the Woodlands, Stafford and Houston. David Rovics and Nathalie came to my show at the Millbend Coffeehouse and brought their beautiful daughter Leila there to celebrate her two-week birthday. And Laura Freeman's "Broken Hearts' Ball" at the charming Cafe Caffeine in Austin was a night to remember! Darlene Sovran, Myshkin and Sailor, Gena Forsythe, Mary Melena, Elizabeth Suggs, Libby Kirkpatrick, Laura and I had a great time. The full moon inspired us to invite Chris Chandler and David Roe up to perform "Thrift Store Diva," and Laura and I added some harmonies. I had great visits with my friends
Nella Villafranca in Austin and Mary Potter in Dallas.
Tomorrow I'm hiking Sabino Canyon with my old friend Myra Lesser. That should be fun.
Happy 1st Birthday Katelyn Amaya Davis Reed!
Get well soon Cee Cee!
Next month is the Sunshine State! Get ready all you Floridians! I'm looking forward to my visit there. And if you don't live in Florida, I bet you know someone who does... please send them my way! It's all word of mouth folks.
________________________________________
BUY CITGO
Pat Robertson's public call for the assassination of Hugo Chavez was repulsive, and now the ultra conservative American Family Institute is calling for a boycott of Citgo gasoline...
On their website, they invite you to send an email to President Chavez. I'd like to invite you to sabotage their scheme.
Go to the website and click on "send your letter now"
In the subject line, type BUY CITGO or CITGO FUELS DEMOCRACY--BUY IT
Delete the text in the message box.
Write your own message telling Pres. Chavez that you are buying Citgo in solidarity with the Venezuelan people -- Tell him that you appreciate the 45 million gallons of diesel fuel Citgo has made available at subsidized prices for thousands of low income Americans; that you oppose U.S. govt meddling in Venezuela's affairs; and that you support Venezuela's right to self-determination.
Fill in your name, email address, etc and send.
We can reverse this right wing ploy to undermine the progressive government of Venezuela. FLOOD PRES. CHAVEZ WITH E-MAIL MESSAGES OF SUPPORT
________________________________________
GREAT NEWS SOURCE/ACTION GUIDE
The dozens of campaigns LabourStart has run on the web in the last few years have produced some real results. Trade unionists have been released from prison, sacked activists have been re-hired, unions have won recognition and contracts, and people's lives have been changed forever.
With one click, you can join this informative list.
________________________________________
FAMILY NEWS
My son Daniel proposed to his sweetheart Monique Murad over Valentine's weekend and she accepted. I'm so happy! No wedding date set though.
Mary and Tom Weldon will celebrate their 50th anniversary on April 21st.
My niece Kimberly Sever is here in Tucson with me. She's here for the 2006 Dust Devil Roller Derby
Championships. What a lovely surprise!
My cousin Joanne Metcalfe and I have been having a ball together this week. We've seen "Pride and Prejudice," "Capote," and "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (I liked Capote best, but the other two were quite charming). I expect to connect with cousins Jim, Eileen, Maureen and partner Catherine in the next day or so. Joanne and her sons Charlie (22) and Tim Pifer (19) are wonderful and doing very well.
That's all for March! Thanks for your support!
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
This Sunday, February 26 in Tucson, AZ - this is my first visit to Tucson in years... please let any friends you have here know about this show!
MARCH 1-18 - FLORIDA, north, south, east & west!
MARCH 19 - Pittsburgh! (really)
MARCH 30-APRIL 1 ... on tour in the midwest with the amazing JACK ERDIE! Lexington,
Carbondale, Cincinnati & ???
all up-to-the-minute gig details at my website
________________________________________
please buy my cds
if this was forwarded to you, or you're reading it on a blog, please subscribe.
________________________________________
IN THIS ISSUE:
FEBRUARY NEWS
BUY CITGO
GREAT NEWS SOURCE/ACTION GUIDE
FAMILY NEWS
________________________________________
FEBRUARY NEWS
February may be the shortest month of the year, but mine was really action packed! I started February in Denmark and Sweden. Both countries were hosting Social Forums to coincide with the World Social Forum, which was being held in Caracas, Venezuela.
I participated in panel discussions in both Lund (labor law and workers' rights) and Copenhagen (domestic surveillance and the Patriot Act). The day I arrived in Copenhagen there were demonstrations throughout the country urging respect and tolerance in the wake of the publication of the cartoons. The whole thing seems so crazy and un-Danish. Not that there aren't racist crazies in Denmark who thrive on anti-Muslim sentiments, but most Danes are the essence of tolerance and understanding. It smacks of CIA Cointelpro type activity to me. Some people fear this is an attempt to build up support for campaigns against Iran and Syria.
My concert at Lille Teatern (The Little Theater) in Lund was one of my favorite concerts ever... a terrific audience and a charming room. And the concert at the Danish Social Forum was with a full tilt rock and roll band including Soren Berlev of the legendary Danish band Gasolin on drums.
I went from Scandinavia straight to the Folk Alliance conference in Austin. My union, Local 1000 of the American Federation of Musicians, hosted a concert to benefit the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic and raised over $2000 at the conference. I had great visits with so many old friends, and got to meet and hear the fantastic
Roy Zimmerman. My pal Steve Brooks won the impromptu songwriting contest held there with his tune "Deadeye Dick.' The hilarious and talented Carla Ulbrich also had a terrific song about Cheney's drunken hunting adventure.
I did a quick Texas tour, raising about $1200 for the locked out Boilermakers in Meredosia, IL. Their unemployment benefits ran out recently and they need your help more than ever. Read about this lockout and donate online or by mail to:
Boilermakers Local 484 Solidarity/Defense Fund
P.O. Box258
300 Main Street
Meredosia, IL 62665
Teresa Allen lined up some fabulous work for me with three different UU congregations who hosted me in style in the Woodlands, Stafford and Houston. David Rovics and Nathalie came to my show at the Millbend Coffeehouse and brought their beautiful daughter Leila there to celebrate her two-week birthday. And Laura Freeman's "Broken Hearts' Ball" at the charming Cafe Caffeine in Austin was a night to remember! Darlene Sovran, Myshkin and Sailor, Gena Forsythe, Mary Melena, Elizabeth Suggs, Libby Kirkpatrick, Laura and I had a great time. The full moon inspired us to invite Chris Chandler and David Roe up to perform "Thrift Store Diva," and Laura and I added some harmonies. I had great visits with my friends
Nella Villafranca in Austin and Mary Potter in Dallas.
Tomorrow I'm hiking Sabino Canyon with my old friend Myra Lesser. That should be fun.
Happy 1st Birthday Katelyn Amaya Davis Reed!
Get well soon Cee Cee!
Next month is the Sunshine State! Get ready all you Floridians! I'm looking forward to my visit there. And if you don't live in Florida, I bet you know someone who does... please send them my way! It's all word of mouth folks.
________________________________________
BUY CITGO
Pat Robertson's public call for the assassination of Hugo Chavez was repulsive, and now the ultra conservative American Family Institute is calling for a boycott of Citgo gasoline...
On their website, they invite you to send an email to President Chavez. I'd like to invite you to sabotage their scheme.
Go to the website and click on "send your letter now"
In the subject line, type BUY CITGO or CITGO FUELS DEMOCRACY--BUY IT
Delete the text in the message box.
Write your own message telling Pres. Chavez that you are buying Citgo in solidarity with the Venezuelan people -- Tell him that you appreciate the 45 million gallons of diesel fuel Citgo has made available at subsidized prices for thousands of low income Americans; that you oppose U.S. govt meddling in Venezuela's affairs; and that you support Venezuela's right to self-determination.
Fill in your name, email address, etc and send.
We can reverse this right wing ploy to undermine the progressive government of Venezuela. FLOOD PRES. CHAVEZ WITH E-MAIL MESSAGES OF SUPPORT
________________________________________
GREAT NEWS SOURCE/ACTION GUIDE
The dozens of campaigns LabourStart has run on the web in the last few years have produced some real results. Trade unionists have been released from prison, sacked activists have been re-hired, unions have won recognition and contracts, and people's lives have been changed forever.
With one click, you can join this informative list.
________________________________________
FAMILY NEWS
My son Daniel proposed to his sweetheart Monique Murad over Valentine's weekend and she accepted. I'm so happy! No wedding date set though.
Mary and Tom Weldon will celebrate their 50th anniversary on April 21st.
My niece Kimberly Sever is here in Tucson with me. She's here for the 2006 Dust Devil Roller Derby
Championships. What a lovely surprise!
My cousin Joanne Metcalfe and I have been having a ball together this week. We've seen "Pride and Prejudice," "Capote," and "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (I liked Capote best, but the other two were quite charming). I expect to connect with cousins Jim, Eileen, Maureen and partner Catherine in the next day or so. Joanne and her sons Charlie (22) and Tim Pifer (19) are wonderful and doing very well.
That's all for March! Thanks for your support!
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Protest Excessive Airline Executive Bonuses!
Where does Glenn Tilton get the nerve! What a pig!!!!!!
United Airlines, the world’s second largest airline, has proposed a bonus plan to give its top eight executives $45 million in stock after the company emerges from a three-year bankruptcy, in February.
The proposal reserves 13.6 million shares, or 11 percent of the company, for 400 executives. CEO Glenn Tilton would receive $15 million in stock, or 1.1 percent of the company. According to a separate document, Tilton also would receive $605,625 annually in compensation, with the ability to double it with an annual bonus.
United workers find the proposal unfair -- and no wonder! They were just socked with $4 billion in pay and benefit concessions in this latest round of bankruptcy negotiations to "save the company."
To express your displeasure with United’s disregard for workers’ needs and favoritism towards executives, write to:
Glenn Tilton
WHQPW United Airlines
PO Box 66100
Chicago, IL 60666
Call United’s customer service at 1-877-228-1327
Fax them at 1- 877-406-1059
It’s reported that United has recently stopped providing a general e-mail address, in order to discourage negative feedback. There is an on-line feedback form ... use it!!!!!
United Airlines, the world’s second largest airline, has proposed a bonus plan to give its top eight executives $45 million in stock after the company emerges from a three-year bankruptcy, in February.
The proposal reserves 13.6 million shares, or 11 percent of the company, for 400 executives. CEO Glenn Tilton would receive $15 million in stock, or 1.1 percent of the company. According to a separate document, Tilton also would receive $605,625 annually in compensation, with the ability to double it with an annual bonus.
United workers find the proposal unfair -- and no wonder! They were just socked with $4 billion in pay and benefit concessions in this latest round of bankruptcy negotiations to "save the company."
To express your displeasure with United’s disregard for workers’ needs and favoritism towards executives, write to:
Glenn Tilton
WHQPW United Airlines
PO Box 66100
Chicago, IL 60666
Call United’s customer service at 1-877-228-1327
Fax them at 1- 877-406-1059
It’s reported that United has recently stopped providing a general e-mail address, in order to discourage negative feedback. There is an on-line feedback form ... use it!!!!!
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Fellow Travelers' Advisory from Anne Feeney - FEBRUARY 2006: VOLUME ONE, #11
thanks to charlie rafferty for this photo!
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS: Brunnsvik, Stockholm (time change!), Lund & Copenhagen
then TEXAS: Austin, Houston, Stafford, The Woodlands & then
February ends in Tucson, AZ and then...
March in Florida!
If you have friends or relatives in Austin, Houston or Tucson, *please* tell them to come see me! Thanks so much for your help and support!
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updated current details on gigs available at my website
if this was forwarded to you, you can subscribe and/or you can read this with live links and photos on my blog
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Swedish Winter
United Airlines Workers Reinstated!
Jimmy Carter in the NY Review of Books
Terrible Towels of Memory
Get Up, Stand Up!
Bolivia beats Bechtel
Family News
CD Plans
Illinois, Iowa & WI Union Women--Read This!
Smedjebacken
20 January 2006
Hi folks
This Swedish winter looks like the winters I remember from my childhood. So much snow. It's really beautiful. It can't really be true, but in my memory the Pittsburgh public works department showed up in my neighborhood at the first heavy snowfall and put roadblocks at each end of my block that often stayed there until it melted in March. Our cobblestone hill was just too much trouble for them to keep free of snow. I do know that we built many forts, went sledding, had amazing snowball battles.
But over all this pristine joy hung the constant spectre of imminent nuclear war. They told us at school that Pittsburgh was number six on Moscow's list to destroy ... right after Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and ... gosh, I forget... Boston? We had the crazy drills at school where we ducked under our desks. If that weren't enough to give us nightmares, we had the McCarthy hearings in full swing... and while we didn't understand what they were about, it was scary.
I imagine it must be just as scary for many small kids today ... the constant terror threat ... the mean-spriritedness and selfishness spewing from the radio and television ... widespread inequality, poverty and stress ... plus global warming & the destruction of our environment ...
I would like to be a child in Venezuela or Chile or Bolivia right now... societies filled with hope and optimism... Isn't it something that, despite all the pressure from the wealthiest nations in the world, these three countries are looking for a better option than "race-to-the-bottom" globalization? How I wish our country were filled with that joyful spirit... I remember believing that we were building a "great society." How I wish I could feel that same sense of imminence that a better world was right around the corner!
In any event, I salute Michelle Bachelet, the new President of Chile. I missed the debut of "Commander in Chief" on US television, but they've just started running it on Swedish television... Maybe I'm homesick, but watching Gena Davis take the oath of office brought a lump to my throat. I wonder if I'll live long enough to see a woman elected president. But like Molly Ivins, I'm hoping it won't be Hillary. Thanks for all that you do! Hope to see you somewhere soon. Drop me a line & let me know what you're up to.
Love & Solidarity
Anne
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United Airlines Workers Reinstated!
This just in... no details yet, but both of the UAL union members who were illegally fired (in the aftermath of an impromptu O'Hare airport singalong about nasty corporate criminal UAL CEO Glenn Tilton ) return to work today. Yes! You can't scare me, I'm stickin' to the union!
_____________________________________
And Garry Wills' review of Jimmy Carter's best seller is a must-read.
_____________________________________
The Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl...
if I were ever going to be a football fan, it would be from reading this fantastic article in Monthly Review by my friend Charlie McCollester:
Terrible Towels of Memory -- The Glory and the Gutting: Steeler Nation and the Humiliation of Pittsburgh
____________________________________
GET UP STAND UP
This critically acclaimed documentary about protest music includes a section where Peter Paul and Mary sing "Have You Been to Jail for Justice?" ... Some of you may have seen it when it aired coast-to-coast on PBS in September. Well, it has also aired in Germany, Austria, France, Sweden, Estonia and Australia ... and those are the broadcasts that I know of! Very exciting.
_____________________________________
BECHTEL VS. BOLIVIA: THE PEOPLE WIN!
The Cochabamba water revolt – which began exactly six years ago this month – will end this morning when Bechtel, one of the world’s most powerful corporations, formally abandons its legal effort to take $50 million from the Bolivian people. Bechtel made that demand before a secretive trade court operated by the World Bank, the same institution that coerced Bolivia to privatize the water to begin with. Faced with protests, barrages of e-mails, visits to their homes, and years of damaging press, Bechtel executives finally decided to surrender, walking away with a token payment equal to thirty cents. That retreat sets a huge global precedent.
full article at the Democracy Center
____________________________________
FAMILY NEWS
The stunning young woman in the photo in this page one story is my cousin Suzanne McCahill Perrine ... Congratulations!
My sister-by-another-mother, Jan Boyd, got engaged on December 30th! Ta Da!!!
You can order a stylish organic cotton tee shirt from my son Dan's NGO .... PARCA ... and help to rebuild the areas of Guatemala demolished by hurrican Stan
You can get a hilarious 2006 calendar from my niece Kimberly Sever's Roller Derby team, the Gotham Girls ... She and my nephew Casey (aka, "Jail Bait," the team mascot) are featured in the calendar.
I'm looking forward to St Patrick's Day in St Augustine with cousins Joe and Ed McCahill and their families.
I'm going to be in Arizona with my cousins Joanne, Maureen, Eileen and Jim Metcalfe for a week before my Tucson show. It will be great to see them.
Hey, cousins ... keep that family news coming my way! Love, A
_____________________________________
CD PLANS ....
If you could only release one of these recordings, which would you do? (Long time fans recognize many of these titles from my cassettes... although the *** denotes songs I want to record soon... If you've got an extra $50 or $100 that you'd like to invest in uh CDs, send it to me at 7206 Michigan Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 -- $100 gets you into the liner notes if you want...)
IF I CAN'T DANCE
1. Here's to You Rounders
2. Dr. Jazz/Sheik of Araby
3. Amelia Earhart
4. Let Their Heads Roll*
5. Emma *
6. Ya Basta!*
7. Dump the Bosses Off Your Back*
9. Too Many Daves
10. S-A-V-E-D
11. Quecreek Mine *
12. Monkey Business
13. Candle for Durruti*
14. Your Mind is on Vacation
or
Grafton Street
1. Mountains of Mourne
2. The Sick Note
3. I Married A Hero
4. My Brother, Sylvest
5. No Man's Land
6. Whiskey in the Jar
7. Spancill Hill
8. Arthur McBride
9. Nancy Whiskey
10. Wild Colonial Boy
11. Lark in the Morning
12. Widow's Lament
13. The Dutchman
14. Rising of the Moon
15. Hey Ronnie Reagan
16. The Men Behind the Wire
_____________________________________
Illinois, Iowa & WI Union Women--Read This!
The Regina V. Polk Women's Conference will be held May 17-20 at Pheasant Run. The focus of the conference will be collective bargaining and relevant skills and knowledge. This conference is fully funded with scholarships from the Polk Fund. Scholarship applications will be mailed soon. If you are not on their regular snail mail list, call Joe Berry at 312-996-8562 to be put on it. This is a fantastic opportunity! Be there!
____________________________________
Wow! You made it to the end of the newsletter! Thanks for reading it. See you next month. Love ... A
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS: Brunnsvik, Stockholm (time change!), Lund & Copenhagenthen TEXAS: Austin, Houston, Stafford, The Woodlands & then
February ends in Tucson, AZ and then...
March in Florida!
If you have friends or relatives in Austin, Houston or Tucson, *please* tell them to come see me! Thanks so much for your help and support!
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Swedish Winter
United Airlines Workers Reinstated!
Jimmy Carter in the NY Review of Books
Terrible Towels of Memory
Get Up, Stand Up!
Bolivia beats Bechtel
Family News
CD Plans
Illinois, Iowa & WI Union Women--Read This!
Smedjebacken
20 January 2006
Hi folks
This Swedish winter looks like the winters I remember from my childhood. So much snow. It's really beautiful. It can't really be true, but in my memory the Pittsburgh public works department showed up in my neighborhood at the first heavy snowfall and put roadblocks at each end of my block that often stayed there until it melted in March. Our cobblestone hill was just too much trouble for them to keep free of snow. I do know that we built many forts, went sledding, had amazing snowball battles.
But over all this pristine joy hung the constant spectre of imminent nuclear war. They told us at school that Pittsburgh was number six on Moscow's list to destroy ... right after Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and ... gosh, I forget... Boston? We had the crazy drills at school where we ducked under our desks. If that weren't enough to give us nightmares, we had the McCarthy hearings in full swing... and while we didn't understand what they were about, it was scary.
I imagine it must be just as scary for many small kids today ... the constant terror threat ... the mean-spriritedness and selfishness spewing from the radio and television ... widespread inequality, poverty and stress ... plus global warming & the destruction of our environment ...
I would like to be a child in Venezuela or Chile or Bolivia right now... societies filled with hope and optimism... Isn't it something that, despite all the pressure from the wealthiest nations in the world, these three countries are looking for a better option than "race-to-the-bottom" globalization? How I wish our country were filled with that joyful spirit... I remember believing that we were building a "great society." How I wish I could feel that same sense of imminence that a better world was right around the corner!
In any event, I salute Michelle Bachelet, the new President of Chile. I missed the debut of "Commander in Chief" on US television, but they've just started running it on Swedish television... Maybe I'm homesick, but watching Gena Davis take the oath of office brought a lump to my throat. I wonder if I'll live long enough to see a woman elected president. But like Molly Ivins, I'm hoping it won't be Hillary. Thanks for all that you do! Hope to see you somewhere soon. Drop me a line & let me know what you're up to.
Love & Solidarity
Anne
_____________________________________
United Airlines Workers Reinstated!
This just in... no details yet, but both of the UAL union members who were illegally fired (in the aftermath of an impromptu O'Hare airport singalong about nasty corporate criminal UAL CEO Glenn Tilton ) return to work today. Yes! You can't scare me, I'm stickin' to the union!
_____________________________________
And Garry Wills' review of Jimmy Carter's best seller is a must-read.
_____________________________________
The Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl...
if I were ever going to be a football fan, it would be from reading this fantastic article in Monthly Review by my friend Charlie McCollester:
Terrible Towels of Memory -- The Glory and the Gutting: Steeler Nation and the Humiliation of Pittsburgh
____________________________________
GET UP STAND UP
This critically acclaimed documentary about protest music includes a section where Peter Paul and Mary sing "Have You Been to Jail for Justice?" ... Some of you may have seen it when it aired coast-to-coast on PBS in September. Well, it has also aired in Germany, Austria, France, Sweden, Estonia and Australia ... and those are the broadcasts that I know of! Very exciting.
_____________________________________
BECHTEL VS. BOLIVIA: THE PEOPLE WIN!
The Cochabamba water revolt – which began exactly six years ago this month – will end this morning when Bechtel, one of the world’s most powerful corporations, formally abandons its legal effort to take $50 million from the Bolivian people. Bechtel made that demand before a secretive trade court operated by the World Bank, the same institution that coerced Bolivia to privatize the water to begin with. Faced with protests, barrages of e-mails, visits to their homes, and years of damaging press, Bechtel executives finally decided to surrender, walking away with a token payment equal to thirty cents. That retreat sets a huge global precedent.
full article at the Democracy Center
____________________________________
FAMILY NEWS
The stunning young woman in the photo in this page one story is my cousin Suzanne McCahill Perrine ... Congratulations!
My sister-by-another-mother, Jan Boyd, got engaged on December 30th! Ta Da!!!
You can order a stylish organic cotton tee shirt from my son Dan's NGO .... PARCA ... and help to rebuild the areas of Guatemala demolished by hurrican Stan
You can get a hilarious 2006 calendar from my niece Kimberly Sever's Roller Derby team, the Gotham Girls ... She and my nephew Casey (aka, "Jail Bait," the team mascot) are featured in the calendar.
I'm looking forward to St Patrick's Day in St Augustine with cousins Joe and Ed McCahill and their families.
I'm going to be in Arizona with my cousins Joanne, Maureen, Eileen and Jim Metcalfe for a week before my Tucson show. It will be great to see them.
Hey, cousins ... keep that family news coming my way! Love, A
_____________________________________
CD PLANS ....
If you could only release one of these recordings, which would you do? (Long time fans recognize many of these titles from my cassettes... although the *** denotes songs I want to record soon... If you've got an extra $50 or $100 that you'd like to invest in uh CDs, send it to me at 7206 Michigan Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 -- $100 gets you into the liner notes if you want...)
IF I CAN'T DANCE
1. Here's to You Rounders
2. Dr. Jazz/Sheik of Araby
3. Amelia Earhart
4. Let Their Heads Roll*
5. Emma *
6. Ya Basta!*
7. Dump the Bosses Off Your Back*
9. Too Many Daves
10. S-A-V-E-D
11. Quecreek Mine *
12. Monkey Business
13. Candle for Durruti*
14. Your Mind is on Vacation
or
Grafton Street
1. Mountains of Mourne
2. The Sick Note
3. I Married A Hero
4. My Brother, Sylvest
5. No Man's Land
6. Whiskey in the Jar
7. Spancill Hill
8. Arthur McBride
9. Nancy Whiskey
10. Wild Colonial Boy
11. Lark in the Morning
12. Widow's Lament
13. The Dutchman
14. Rising of the Moon
15. Hey Ronnie Reagan
16. The Men Behind the Wire
_____________________________________
Illinois, Iowa & WI Union Women--Read This!
The Regina V. Polk Women's Conference will be held May 17-20 at Pheasant Run. The focus of the conference will be collective bargaining and relevant skills and knowledge. This conference is fully funded with scholarships from the Polk Fund. Scholarship applications will be mailed soon. If you are not on their regular snail mail list, call Joe Berry at 312-996-8562 to be put on it. This is a fantastic opportunity! Be there!
____________________________________
Wow! You made it to the end of the newsletter! Thanks for reading it. See you next month. Love ... A
Monday, December 19, 2005
Fellow Travelers' Advisory from Anne Feeney - JANUARY 2006: VOLUME ONE, #10
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS AT MY WEBSITE
Please forward it widely. Better yet... Subscribe directly
As always, CDs are available at CDBaby
Smedjebacken, Sweden
19 December 2005
Hi there Fellow Travelers,
Tomorrow at 5AM I'm leaving Sweden to go meet my kids in Oaxaca, Mexico to spend the
holidays, so I'm sending my January newsletter a little early.
During my 3-hour layover at O'Hare I may end up being a witness in a grievance procedure filed by 3 United Airlines workers who were actually 'separated from service without pay' (I think that means "fired") for watching me sing nasty songs about their greedy CEO while I was waiting for a plane at O'Hare last May. The workers are charged with refusing a direct order from a supervisor... and the Supervisor's order was -- get this (drum roll, please, maestro) -- "Make her stop singing." Please. Who is going to *make* me quit singing? But they were fired by these humorless incompetent bastards. As my wonderful friend John Handcox used to sing - "There is mean things happening in this land."
As 2005 draws to a close my heart is so filled with gratitude to all of you ... I couldn't do my work without all of you and I appreciate your support and loyalty and generosity more than I can say... but I also want to thank you for the many wonderful things you do for family and friends, for your community, for your union, for the world. I hope that 2006 brings us together frequently and that the year is filled with victories, great and small.
*************************************
I'm going to try to do "The Year in a Minute," so if I miss your favorite moment, I apologize. My last gig of 2005 was in Stockholm at a place that used to be a stable. It gave me a chance to sing the line "For far too long we've allowed these corporate hogs to belly up to the public trough...." with a feeding trough in the same room!
2005 was filled with special events - In March I performed at the gorgeous US Botanical Gardens (inside the Capitol... there's a scene from 'The Manchurian Candidate' filmed in these gardens) for the ANA/UAN (Nurses' Union) 5th Anniversary Celebration ... and I was thrilled be invited to perform at the 2nd Annual Sisters in the Brotherhood Conference in Las Vegas, NV - which had the most outrageous food I've ever seen ... But certainly the highlight of 2005 was performing at the many exciting events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the IWW ... the most amazing ones being in Ann Arbor, MI; Chicago, IL; at the Oregon Country Fair; Madison, WI; Milwaukee, WI; and Philadelphia, PA
As far as annual events are concerned, I got to perform again at the Mayday Celebration at Botto House near Paterson, NJ; the Mother Jones Dinner (October) in Mt. Olive, IL; the Eugene Debs Annual Dinner in Terre Haute, IN; the Bernie Firestone Tribute at the Scarab Club in Detroit;Labor Fest in San Francisco and the fabulous Oregon Country Fair!!! I hope to see you at one of these events next year. Let me know if you'd like more information about any of them.
*************************************
Most fun: Touring with my daughter, Amy in July (followed closely by touring with David Rovics & Jan Hammarlund -- and touring with Evan Greer)
Two Most Bittersweet Events of 2005: The Chandler-Feeney era comes to a close -- (but I'm having a ball and Chris has a great new show... check out his website)AND .... no Kerrville!!!... This would have been my 17th consecutive Kerrville Folk Festival, but instead this year I did a fabulous tour of Sweden and Denmark with David Rovics & Jan Hammarlund.
Three Favorite things about 2006: The Immokalee Workers' Victory - Ahhhhhnold Governator getting his ass whupped - Lewis Libby's indictment...
Four Best suprises of the year: getting the Joe Hill Award, the huge crowds at Magdalena's and at Fogartyville... and my kids surprising me by having fresh flowers delivered to me onstage at the UW Madison Memorial Union Terrace on Mother's Day during the IWW Concert.
Five UU congregations hosted me in: Reading, PA; Indianapolis, IN; Pittsburgh, PA;
Chicago, IL; Jacksonville, FL
SIX great new venues: Magdalena's Tea House in Lansing, MI; Cafe Mundo in Newport, OR; Carnegie Centre in Vancouver, BC; LO Skolan in Helsingor, Denmark; Stallet in Stockholm, Sweden; Don Quixote's International Music Hall in Felton, CA
Seven amazing links ...
1) Hilarious!
2) Important
3) thought-provoking
4) Harold Pinter's extraordinary Nobel Lecture
5) ... how big are your feet?
6) ... sign this petition!
7) this is the NGO that my son Daniel has helped to set up to provide emergency relief to the Guatemalan people in grave danger due to the recent mudslides caused by Hurricane Stan. PS... Daniel just got accepted to Georgetown University Law School. Hoya Saxa indeed!
Eight Outstanding Presenters of 2005 (well, actually 15): Gerd Berlev; Jan Hammarlund; Julie Herrada; Ann Miller; Jenny Brown and Joe Courter; David and Arlene at Fogartyville; Bob Pollack and Joy Bell; Ken and Cheryl Kern; Maureen Wood; Jim and LLouise Altes; Amy Newell; Jim and Sue Burton; Polly Gower; Helena Worthen; Daniel Suhonen
Nine - (well, actually 40) Great Folks I played with in 2005: Chris Chandler, Larry Long, Utah Phillips, Faith Petric, Charlie King, Len Wallace, Mark Ross, Rebel Voices, Citizens' Band, RiotFolk, Harry Stamper, Evan Greer, Pat Humphries & Sandy O, Gina Forsythe, David Rovics, Jan Hammarlund, Patrick Dodd, Savage Rose, Per Warming, Eve Goodman, Jon Berquist, Brian QTN; Jon Fromer; David LaMotte; Chris Dunn; the Dreamsicles; George Hewison & Fellow Worker; Touch of Class; La Libertad; Dave Lippman, Ken Gaines, Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald, Amy Carol Webb, Joe Glazer, Nick Annis, John Hayes, David Roe, Joey Only and Jack Erdie (hope I didn't miss anyone!)
Ten things I want in 2006:
an end to the war
bush in jail
cheney in jail
national health care (See HR 676)
close the School of the Americas (See HR 1217)
time to record a new CD
money to record a new CD
ok... i guess i only want seven things
11 Great Radio Stations visited: KKFI, KUNI, WRCT, WDBX, KPIG, WLRN, KMUD, WFMT, KBOO, WORT, Free Radio Santa Cruz --- If you don't see your favorite radio station here, let me know where it is, and I'll send them some music and drop by the next time I'm passing through.
12 Great House concerts: Lisa's in Leeds, MA; Sara & Nan's in Hollywood, FL; Jim & Llouise's in Pittsburgh, Anne, Paul & Melissa's place in Olympia, WA; Ken & Sharon's in Victoria, BC; Joe Szwaja's in Seattle; Gretchen and Cris' in Watsonville; La Fortunes' in Santa Cruz; Fendels' in Oakland, CA; Tom Cronin and Sandy Dunn's in Philadelphia, Ken Connors and Cee Cee Severin's in Jacksonville, FL
and a partridge in a pear tree.... all in all, I played more than 200 engagments in
20 states, three Canadian provinces, Sweden and Denmark ... and collected an infinite supply of beautiful memories of great times with great friends.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, and a joyous, merry, relaxing holiday season to all of you!
Love & solidarity
Anne Feeney
Please forward it widely. Better yet... Subscribe directly
As always, CDs are available at CDBaby
Smedjebacken, Sweden
19 December 2005
Hi there Fellow Travelers,
Tomorrow at 5AM I'm leaving Sweden to go meet my kids in Oaxaca, Mexico to spend the
holidays, so I'm sending my January newsletter a little early.
During my 3-hour layover at O'Hare I may end up being a witness in a grievance procedure filed by 3 United Airlines workers who were actually 'separated from service without pay' (I think that means "fired") for watching me sing nasty songs about their greedy CEO while I was waiting for a plane at O'Hare last May. The workers are charged with refusing a direct order from a supervisor... and the Supervisor's order was -- get this (drum roll, please, maestro) -- "Make her stop singing." Please. Who is going to *make* me quit singing? But they were fired by these humorless incompetent bastards. As my wonderful friend John Handcox used to sing - "There is mean things happening in this land."
As 2005 draws to a close my heart is so filled with gratitude to all of you ... I couldn't do my work without all of you and I appreciate your support and loyalty and generosity more than I can say... but I also want to thank you for the many wonderful things you do for family and friends, for your community, for your union, for the world. I hope that 2006 brings us together frequently and that the year is filled with victories, great and small.
*************************************
I'm going to try to do "The Year in a Minute," so if I miss your favorite moment, I apologize. My last gig of 2005 was in Stockholm at a place that used to be a stable. It gave me a chance to sing the line "For far too long we've allowed these corporate hogs to belly up to the public trough...." with a feeding trough in the same room!
2005 was filled with special events - In March I performed at the gorgeous US Botanical Gardens (inside the Capitol... there's a scene from 'The Manchurian Candidate' filmed in these gardens) for the ANA/UAN (Nurses' Union) 5th Anniversary Celebration ... and I was thrilled be invited to perform at the 2nd Annual Sisters in the Brotherhood Conference in Las Vegas, NV - which had the most outrageous food I've ever seen ... But certainly the highlight of 2005 was performing at the many exciting events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the IWW ... the most amazing ones being in Ann Arbor, MI; Chicago, IL; at the Oregon Country Fair; Madison, WI; Milwaukee, WI; and Philadelphia, PA
As far as annual events are concerned, I got to perform again at the Mayday Celebration at Botto House near Paterson, NJ; the Mother Jones Dinner (October) in Mt. Olive, IL; the Eugene Debs Annual Dinner in Terre Haute, IN; the Bernie Firestone Tribute at the Scarab Club in Detroit;Labor Fest in San Francisco and the fabulous Oregon Country Fair!!! I hope to see you at one of these events next year. Let me know if you'd like more information about any of them.
*************************************
Most fun: Touring with my daughter, Amy in July (followed closely by touring with David Rovics & Jan Hammarlund -- and touring with Evan Greer)
Two Most Bittersweet Events of 2005: The Chandler-Feeney era comes to a close -- (but I'm having a ball and Chris has a great new show... check out his website)AND .... no Kerrville!!!... This would have been my 17th consecutive Kerrville Folk Festival, but instead this year I did a fabulous tour of Sweden and Denmark with David Rovics & Jan Hammarlund.
Three Favorite things about 2006: The Immokalee Workers' Victory - Ahhhhhnold Governator getting his ass whupped - Lewis Libby's indictment...
Four Best suprises of the year: getting the Joe Hill Award, the huge crowds at Magdalena's and at Fogartyville... and my kids surprising me by having fresh flowers delivered to me onstage at the UW Madison Memorial Union Terrace on Mother's Day during the IWW Concert.
Five UU congregations hosted me in: Reading, PA; Indianapolis, IN; Pittsburgh, PA;
Chicago, IL; Jacksonville, FL
SIX great new venues: Magdalena's Tea House in Lansing, MI; Cafe Mundo in Newport, OR; Carnegie Centre in Vancouver, BC; LO Skolan in Helsingor, Denmark; Stallet in Stockholm, Sweden; Don Quixote's International Music Hall in Felton, CA
Seven amazing links ...
1) Hilarious!
2) Important
3) thought-provoking
4) Harold Pinter's extraordinary Nobel Lecture
5) ... how big are your feet?
6) ... sign this petition!
7) this is the NGO that my son Daniel has helped to set up to provide emergency relief to the Guatemalan people in grave danger due to the recent mudslides caused by Hurricane Stan. PS... Daniel just got accepted to Georgetown University Law School. Hoya Saxa indeed!
Eight Outstanding Presenters of 2005 (well, actually 15): Gerd Berlev; Jan Hammarlund; Julie Herrada; Ann Miller; Jenny Brown and Joe Courter; David and Arlene at Fogartyville; Bob Pollack and Joy Bell; Ken and Cheryl Kern; Maureen Wood; Jim and LLouise Altes; Amy Newell; Jim and Sue Burton; Polly Gower; Helena Worthen; Daniel Suhonen
Nine - (well, actually 40) Great Folks I played with in 2005: Chris Chandler, Larry Long, Utah Phillips, Faith Petric, Charlie King, Len Wallace, Mark Ross, Rebel Voices, Citizens' Band, RiotFolk, Harry Stamper, Evan Greer, Pat Humphries & Sandy O, Gina Forsythe, David Rovics, Jan Hammarlund, Patrick Dodd, Savage Rose, Per Warming, Eve Goodman, Jon Berquist, Brian QTN; Jon Fromer; David LaMotte; Chris Dunn; the Dreamsicles; George Hewison & Fellow Worker; Touch of Class; La Libertad; Dave Lippman, Ken Gaines, Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald, Amy Carol Webb, Joe Glazer, Nick Annis, John Hayes, David Roe, Joey Only and Jack Erdie (hope I didn't miss anyone!)
Ten things I want in 2006:
an end to the war
bush in jail
cheney in jail
national health care (See HR 676)
close the School of the Americas (See HR 1217)
time to record a new CD
money to record a new CD
ok... i guess i only want seven things
11 Great Radio Stations visited: KKFI, KUNI, WRCT, WDBX, KPIG, WLRN, KMUD, WFMT, KBOO, WORT, Free Radio Santa Cruz --- If you don't see your favorite radio station here, let me know where it is, and I'll send them some music and drop by the next time I'm passing through.
12 Great House concerts: Lisa's in Leeds, MA; Sara & Nan's in Hollywood, FL; Jim & Llouise's in Pittsburgh, Anne, Paul & Melissa's place in Olympia, WA; Ken & Sharon's in Victoria, BC; Joe Szwaja's in Seattle; Gretchen and Cris' in Watsonville; La Fortunes' in Santa Cruz; Fendels' in Oakland, CA; Tom Cronin and Sandy Dunn's in Philadelphia, Ken Connors and Cee Cee Severin's in Jacksonville, FL
and a partridge in a pear tree.... all in all, I played more than 200 engagments in
20 states, three Canadian provinces, Sweden and Denmark ... and collected an infinite supply of beautiful memories of great times with great friends.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, and a joyous, merry, relaxing holiday season to all of you!
Love & solidarity
Anne Feeney
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Fellow Travelers' Advisory from Anne Feeney - DECEMBER 2005: VOLUME ONE, #9
Fellow Travelers' Advisory from Anne Feeney - DECEMBER 2005: VOLUME ONE, #9
IN THIS ISSUE:
Immediate Destinations
Holiday Sale
Thanksgiving Message
Email McDonald's
Remember Boilermakers' 484
Hoyas
Family News
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS: Stockholm, Oaxaca, Lund, Copenhagen, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Denton, Fort Worth, Dallas, Tucson. Booking: Texas (Feb) & Florida (March)
HOLIDAY SALE!! This year you can give my critically acclaimed recordings Union Maid, Have You Been to Jail for Justice? and the inspiring recording of Wild Wimmin from The Great Peace March to your friends and relatives at discounted prices at CDBaby - - You'll also find Look to Left on sale for $9.99 and my 1994 live album, Heartland, on sale for only $5!! You can also find more music you'll love in my gallery. Supporting independent artists is a unique way to express yourself this holiday season. Thanks to all of you for your ongoing support of my music!
THANKSGIVING DAY 2005
Smedjebacken, Sweden
It's always strange to be in Sweden on Thanksgiving. Needless to say, Thanksgiving is a non-event here. This is the third time I've been here on Thanksgiving day. It does help me to realize that the US is not the center of the universe. This Thanksgiving Day, I'm grateful to have love in my life, to have such wonderful children, to have such a large loving extended family, to have work that I love, and to have so many talented and inspiring friends out there working every day to effect positive change in the world. And I'm very grateful to you - you've brought me to your towns, given me a place to stay, bought me a meal, bought my music, made contributions to locked out workers in Illinois and Michigan, signed petitions and postcards, and signed up to receive the Fellow Travelers' Advisory! Thank you!!
I'm thankful we were able to forestall drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. I'll be even more thankful if this corrupt regime is exposed for the anti-democratic corporatist cronies that they are.
This past weekend I was in Columbus, Georgia again for the School of the Americas Watch vigil. If you don't know about this terrorist training camp in Georgia, please visit their website. This year more than 20,000 came to hold a powerful vigil for the hundreds of thousands of people murdered by graduates of the School of the Americas in Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Venezuela and right now, every day, in Colombia. About forty people committed acts of civil disobedience over the weekend and will go to jail for justice. Four of them are already in jail. You can write to them at:
Christine Gaunt, Muscogee County Jail, 700 E. 10th St., Columbus GA 31901-2899
Louis Vitale, Muscogee County Jail, 700 E. 10th St., Columbus GA 31901-2899
Priscilla Treska, Muscogee County Jail, 700 E. 10th St., Columbus GA 31901-2899
Jerome Zawada, Muscogee County Jail, 700 E. 10th St., Columbus GA 31901-2899
SUPPORT THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS - WRITE MC DONALD'S
This Thanksgiving season, when we traditionally celebrate the harvest, let us also celebrate the harvesters. Join the CIW in calling on the world's largest restaurant chain, McDonald's to stop dragging its feet and to work with the CIW to improve the wages and working conditions for the men and women who pick its tomatoes.
Contact McDonald's today and demand they, too, pay a fair price for their tomatoes and work with the CIW to end human rights violations in the fields!
You can also call 630-623-3000 (ask operator for Social Responsibility department), fax 630-623-7409, and fill out an online form
BOILERMAKERS' 484 STILL LOCKED OUT
Your generous contributions can make the holidays brighter for 156 families still locked out by Celanese Corporation in Meredosia, IL
Read about the lockout and
donate online
or by mail to:
Boilermakers Local 484 Solidarity/Defense Fund,
P.O. Box258
300 Main Street
Meredosia, IL 62665
HOYAS
Thanks to Mary Cliff at WETA and my cousin Kevin McCahill for being the first to correctly answer the Hoya question -- (If you're just tuning in, the question was - What in the heck is a Hoya? - as in the Georgetown University Hoyas)
and the answer is.......(drum roll)
Many years ago, students well-versed in the classical languages invented the mixed Greek and Latin chant of "Hoya Saxa," translating roughly as "What Rocks!" in reference to both the stalwart defense of the football team and the stone wall that surrounded the campus. 'Hoia' is Greek for 'what' or 'what a,' and 'saxa' is Latin for 'rocks.'
FAMILY NEWS
Cousin Kevin Metcalfe is in the pink following bypass surgery at the VA Hospital in Pittsburgh... sister Maureen flew in from AZ to help out. Bill Feeney and I missed seeing cousin Pat Metcalfe on our get well visit to the hospital.
Terry McCahill is recovering splendidly from abdominal surgery in St Augustine. I was in Jacksonville a few weeks ago & went to St Augustine to visit cousins Joe & Rhonda McCahill. Got a glimpse of their handsome offspring, Jon Christian and Justin... then we headed over to Ed & Terry's place for a sumptuous dinner, hugs from Ryan and Collin, hot tub and marathon hootenanny poolside. It was such fun to sing all the old songs. Joe McCahill was the first person I ever saw play a guitar up close... It was on a family vacation to Deep Creek Lake - I was hooked.
That was indeed my song that Peter, Paul and Mary were featured singing in Get Up, Stand Up - the PBS documentary on protest music that aired in many cities last month.
Kimberly Sever has been skating for the past season with the "Manhattan Mayhem" - a for-real Roller Derby Team -- Check out this wonderful slide show of their last game with the Queens of Pain.
Kim's son Casey is the mascot of the Manhattan Mayhem... you'll see him in his "Jail Bait" uniform in the slide show. Kim is also featured this month in the "Ask a Gotham Girl" section.
Dan Berlin finished the Washington Marine Marathon in 3 hours and 58 minutes - He finished 3100 out of 19211 total finishers - 2405 out of 11699 men in the race. Cool beans! You can email congrats at danielfberlin @ hotmail.com ...
Dan should have beautiful organic cotton tee shirts for sale any minute now as a fundraiser for his new NGO, PARCA - to bring urgently needed supplies to the village he worked in while he was in the Peace Corps in Guatemala. It was devastated during the mudslides and supplies are still only being brought in by helicopter.
I don't remember all the details of Big D's recent golf triumph at the Naval Academy, but read up on cousin-in-law Charles Warren's adventures (he's married to Kelly Grefenstette) -- scroll down to about #77.
It was great to see Jill Weldon and Steve Merrill at the concert I produced at Jim and Llouise's last month. Steve's getting ready to retire!
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Immediate Destinations
Holiday Sale
Thanksgiving Message
Email McDonald's
Remember Boilermakers' 484
Hoyas
Family News
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS: Stockholm, Oaxaca, Lund, Copenhagen, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Denton, Fort Worth, Dallas, Tucson. Booking: Texas (Feb) & Florida (March)
HOLIDAY SALE!! This year you can give my critically acclaimed recordings Union Maid, Have You Been to Jail for Justice? and the inspiring recording of Wild Wimmin from The Great Peace March to your friends and relatives at discounted prices at CDBaby - - You'll also find Look to Left on sale for $9.99 and my 1994 live album, Heartland, on sale for only $5!! You can also find more music you'll love in my gallery. Supporting independent artists is a unique way to express yourself this holiday season. Thanks to all of you for your ongoing support of my music!
THANKSGIVING DAY 2005
Smedjebacken, Sweden
It's always strange to be in Sweden on Thanksgiving. Needless to say, Thanksgiving is a non-event here. This is the third time I've been here on Thanksgiving day. It does help me to realize that the US is not the center of the universe. This Thanksgiving Day, I'm grateful to have love in my life, to have such wonderful children, to have such a large loving extended family, to have work that I love, and to have so many talented and inspiring friends out there working every day to effect positive change in the world. And I'm very grateful to you - you've brought me to your towns, given me a place to stay, bought me a meal, bought my music, made contributions to locked out workers in Illinois and Michigan, signed petitions and postcards, and signed up to receive the Fellow Travelers' Advisory! Thank you!!
I'm thankful we were able to forestall drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. I'll be even more thankful if this corrupt regime is exposed for the anti-democratic corporatist cronies that they are.
This past weekend I was in Columbus, Georgia again for the School of the Americas Watch vigil. If you don't know about this terrorist training camp in Georgia, please visit their website. This year more than 20,000 came to hold a powerful vigil for the hundreds of thousands of people murdered by graduates of the School of the Americas in Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Venezuela and right now, every day, in Colombia. About forty people committed acts of civil disobedience over the weekend and will go to jail for justice. Four of them are already in jail. You can write to them at:
Christine Gaunt, Muscogee County Jail, 700 E. 10th St., Columbus GA 31901-2899
Louis Vitale, Muscogee County Jail, 700 E. 10th St., Columbus GA 31901-2899
Priscilla Treska, Muscogee County Jail, 700 E. 10th St., Columbus GA 31901-2899
Jerome Zawada, Muscogee County Jail, 700 E. 10th St., Columbus GA 31901-2899
SUPPORT THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS - WRITE MC DONALD'S
This Thanksgiving season, when we traditionally celebrate the harvest, let us also celebrate the harvesters. Join the CIW in calling on the world's largest restaurant chain, McDonald's to stop dragging its feet and to work with the CIW to improve the wages and working conditions for the men and women who pick its tomatoes.
Contact McDonald's today and demand they, too, pay a fair price for their tomatoes and work with the CIW to end human rights violations in the fields!
You can also call 630-623-3000 (ask operator for Social Responsibility department), fax 630-623-7409, and fill out an online form
BOILERMAKERS' 484 STILL LOCKED OUT
Your generous contributions can make the holidays brighter for 156 families still locked out by Celanese Corporation in Meredosia, IL
Read about the lockout and
donate online
or by mail to:
Boilermakers Local 484 Solidarity/Defense Fund,
P.O. Box258
300 Main Street
Meredosia, IL 62665
HOYAS
Thanks to Mary Cliff at WETA and my cousin Kevin McCahill for being the first to correctly answer the Hoya question -- (If you're just tuning in, the question was - What in the heck is a Hoya? - as in the Georgetown University Hoyas)
and the answer is.......(drum roll)
Many years ago, students well-versed in the classical languages invented the mixed Greek and Latin chant of "Hoya Saxa," translating roughly as "What Rocks!" in reference to both the stalwart defense of the football team and the stone wall that surrounded the campus. 'Hoia' is Greek for 'what' or 'what a,' and 'saxa' is Latin for 'rocks.'
FAMILY NEWS
Cousin Kevin Metcalfe is in the pink following bypass surgery at the VA Hospital in Pittsburgh... sister Maureen flew in from AZ to help out. Bill Feeney and I missed seeing cousin Pat Metcalfe on our get well visit to the hospital.
Terry McCahill is recovering splendidly from abdominal surgery in St Augustine. I was in Jacksonville a few weeks ago & went to St Augustine to visit cousins Joe & Rhonda McCahill. Got a glimpse of their handsome offspring, Jon Christian and Justin... then we headed over to Ed & Terry's place for a sumptuous dinner, hugs from Ryan and Collin, hot tub and marathon hootenanny poolside. It was such fun to sing all the old songs. Joe McCahill was the first person I ever saw play a guitar up close... It was on a family vacation to Deep Creek Lake - I was hooked.
That was indeed my song that Peter, Paul and Mary were featured singing in Get Up, Stand Up - the PBS documentary on protest music that aired in many cities last month.
Kimberly Sever has been skating for the past season with the "Manhattan Mayhem" - a for-real Roller Derby Team -- Check out this wonderful slide show of their last game with the Queens of Pain.
Kim's son Casey is the mascot of the Manhattan Mayhem... you'll see him in his "Jail Bait" uniform in the slide show. Kim is also featured this month in the "Ask a Gotham Girl" section.
Dan Berlin finished the Washington Marine Marathon in 3 hours and 58 minutes - He finished 3100 out of 19211 total finishers - 2405 out of 11699 men in the race. Cool beans! You can email congrats at danielfberlin @ hotmail.com ...
Dan should have beautiful organic cotton tee shirts for sale any minute now as a fundraiser for his new NGO, PARCA - to bring urgently needed supplies to the village he worked in while he was in the Peace Corps in Guatemala. It was devastated during the mudslides and supplies are still only being brought in by helicopter.
I don't remember all the details of Big D's recent golf triumph at the Naval Academy, but read up on cousin-in-law Charles Warren's adventures (he's married to Kelly Grefenstette) -- scroll down to about #77.
It was great to see Jill Weldon and Steve Merrill at the concert I produced at Jim and Llouise's last month. Steve's getting ready to retire!
That's all for now. To subscribe, please click here
Monday, November 07, 2005
House Concert at Jim & LLouise's - Pat & Sandy & Gina & Anne
What a great time was had by all at the November 5 house concert in Pittsburgh with Pat Humphries & Sandy O, Emma's Revolution with very special guest Gina Forsyth --
I opened the show to a *packed* house that included many many friends and family - Pat's sister Karen, my cousins Jill & Steve and lots of local luminaries like Rosemary Trump, Eric Marchbein & Claire Staples, Mark Rauterkus, Maryellen Hayden, Lee Fogarty, Paul Lodico, Joe Hughes -- and 16 year old activist Emma Blackman-Mathis, who organized and won a "girlcott" campaign against Abercrombie and Fitch.
Emma, Sandy & Pat
Sandy & Pat with Gina (!) on fiddle
Thanks to everyone who came, and thanks to Mark Rauterkus for these photos!
I opened the show to a *packed* house that included many many friends and family - Pat's sister Karen, my cousins Jill & Steve and lots of local luminaries like Rosemary Trump, Eric Marchbein & Claire Staples, Mark Rauterkus, Maryellen Hayden, Lee Fogarty, Paul Lodico, Joe Hughes -- and 16 year old activist Emma Blackman-Mathis, who organized and won a "girlcott" campaign against Abercrombie and Fitch.
Emma, Sandy & Pat
Sandy & Pat with Gina (!) on fiddle
Thanks to everyone who came, and thanks to Mark Rauterkus for these photos!
Friday, November 04, 2005
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Fellow Travelers' Advisory from Anne Feeney - NOV. 2005: VOLUME ONE, #8
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You can order my CDs at CDBaby and you can also download most of my music at Itunes and many many other download services. Music is a great holiday gift!!
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IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
For all the details click here
Lexington, KY - Oct 27th
Louisville, KY - Oct 28th
Terre Haute, IN - Oct 29th
Cincinnati, OH - Oct 30th
Pittsburgh, PA - Nov 5th
Jacksonville, FL - Nov 11th & 13th
Tallahassee, FL - Nov 13th
Fort Benning, GA - Nov 18th-20th
and then -- I'm booking Sweden and Denmark through early February 2006 -- any ideas?
NOW BOOKING--
TEXAS in February
FLORIDA in late February/early March
the great Northwest in March
PA, upstate New York & Ontario in April?
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My friend Doug Gauss just bought a license plate frame that says 'My next license plate will be made by Dick Cheney and Karl Rove.' I'm trying not to get giddy as the house of cards trembles. Why is this game so much fun?
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PAT & SANDY & GINA & ANNE
Pittsburgh & vicinity -- Check this out!!! On November 5th my wonderful friends Pat Humphries and Sandy O aka Emma's Revolution will be coming to town and I'm arranging a house concert for them. Pat and Sandy are great writers and performers and their show is always terrific.. *and* they're bringing my wonderful pal Gina Forsyth with them!! Gina is a fabulously talented New Orleans fiddle and guitar player and singer and wordsmith ... a Kerrville pal ... displaced by Katrina... I'll be doing a short set too... this will be my last Pittsburgh show until spring of 2006. This show will also be a fundraiser for the Molly Yard Title IX Fund established to carry on the work of hellraiser Molly Yard who died on September 21st after decades of feminist activism.
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ROY BOURGEOIS to receive MERTON AWARD
also, Pittsburgh Folks -- Thursday November 10th is the annual Thomas Merton Center Awards Dinner. This year it's a new location - the Greek Orthodox Community Center of St Nicholas Church. The Merton Award goes to Father Roy Bourgeois of the School of the Americas Watch. We've got a New Orleans-style Cajun band, too! Sit at my table! Let me know if you can come and join me. anne@annefeeney.com
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HELP!!!
The lockout of the 156 families employed by Celanese in Meredosia, IL
continues - please read up on this struggle at their website and I'm sure you'll want to donate online or by mail to:
Boilermakers Local 484 Solidarity/Defense Fund
P.O. Box258
300 Main Street
Meredosia, IL 62665
Remember how very difficult it is for other hardhit people to raise money right now and please be generous
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FAMILY NEWS
My New Orleans cousins are still living in exile just outside of Austin. It looks like my cousin Kathleen's second child will be born in Austin instead of New Orleans. No hope of immediate return.
My son Daniel is running a marathon in Washington, DC this weekend. He's also working with other ex-Peace Corps volunteers in DC to set up a relief organization for Guatemala. The village where my son lived for 2 years in the district of San Marcos was hit very hard by the mudslides with many homeless and clean water and food only available by helicopter delivery. I should have an address for donations in time for the December Fellow Travelers' Advisory...
My cousin Bill Feeney is the pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Washington, PA. The parish celebrated its 150th anniversary on October 15th and it was a grand celebration! Bishop William Winter was joined by eight past and present pastors and vicars including Fathers Rich Wesoloski, Jim Young and Nick Spirko. My cousins Mary and Tom Weldon were there. (They'll celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on April 22, 2006) Rich W was hilarious as emcee at the dinner afterward.
My sister Kathleen is healing miraculously from her motorcycle accident and is back full time at her legal practice.
Happy Birthday to Bill Feeney & Jill Merrill (October 16); Casey Horn (October 5th); Dan Berlin (October 6th), Steve Merrill (October 20th); Coming up - November 6th - Kimberly Sever (35!) November 12th - Julie Leonardsson (63)
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Midwest Tour notes...
If you're headed to Michigan----
The IWW exhibit which opened on October 19th in the Hatcher Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor will continue for a while. It's an extraordinary exhibit. So many rare photos, artifacts ... you can see an envelope that contained Joe Hill's ashes... Julie Herrada did a fantastic job of putting the show together, and my friend and gracious host Joyce Kornbluh gave a very inspiring speech at the opening.
Another fine exhibit of Wobbly memorabilia is on display at the Reuther Library in Detroit.
If you get to Lansing, visit Magdalena's Tea House ... A charming spot doing great live music. Many thanks to Margabeth and Dave and Marya and Miko and Indigo and Susan.
and stop by the picket line of striking OPEIU nurses local 549 at Ingham Memorial Hospital.
The 15th Annual Bernie Firestone Tribute of Labor Poetry and Music at the Scarab Club was sensational. Kudos to ML Liebler for putting together such a wonderful event.
Locked out workers at Hercules Drawn Steel in Romulus, MI gathered at Local 174 for a great evening of solidarity... delicious catering by the Wobbly Kitchen and then Evan and I did a show. Thanks to Jim and Sue Burton.
Traveling with Evan Greer was so much fun. Check out http://riotfolk.org and listen to and download some of this anarchist collective's fine music.
Last month's trivia: A "Sooner" was someone who pre-emptively homesteaded Oklahoma (i.e. got there sooner) during the land rush ... no one told me what a Hoya was, tho...
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You can order my CDs at CDBaby and you can also download most of my music at Itunes and many many other download services. Music is a great holiday gift!!
********************************
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
For all the details click here
Lexington, KY - Oct 27th
Louisville, KY - Oct 28th
Terre Haute, IN - Oct 29th
Cincinnati, OH - Oct 30th
Pittsburgh, PA - Nov 5th
Jacksonville, FL - Nov 11th & 13th
Tallahassee, FL - Nov 13th
Fort Benning, GA - Nov 18th-20th
and then -- I'm booking Sweden and Denmark through early February 2006 -- any ideas?
NOW BOOKING--
TEXAS in February
FLORIDA in late February/early March
the great Northwest in March
PA, upstate New York & Ontario in April?
*****************************
My friend Doug Gauss just bought a license plate frame that says 'My next license plate will be made by Dick Cheney and Karl Rove.' I'm trying not to get giddy as the house of cards trembles. Why is this game so much fun?
*****************************
PAT & SANDY & GINA & ANNE
Pittsburgh & vicinity -- Check this out!!! On November 5th my wonderful friends Pat Humphries and Sandy O aka Emma's Revolution will be coming to town and I'm arranging a house concert for them. Pat and Sandy are great writers and performers and their show is always terrific.. *and* they're bringing my wonderful pal Gina Forsyth with them!! Gina is a fabulously talented New Orleans fiddle and guitar player and singer and wordsmith ... a Kerrville pal ... displaced by Katrina... I'll be doing a short set too... this will be my last Pittsburgh show until spring of 2006. This show will also be a fundraiser for the Molly Yard Title IX Fund established to carry on the work of hellraiser Molly Yard who died on September 21st after decades of feminist activism.
**********************************
ROY BOURGEOIS to receive MERTON AWARD
also, Pittsburgh Folks -- Thursday November 10th is the annual Thomas Merton Center Awards Dinner. This year it's a new location - the Greek Orthodox Community Center of St Nicholas Church. The Merton Award goes to Father Roy Bourgeois of the School of the Americas Watch. We've got a New Orleans-style Cajun band, too! Sit at my table! Let me know if you can come and join me. anne@annefeeney.com
************************************
HELP!!!
The lockout of the 156 families employed by Celanese in Meredosia, IL
continues - please read up on this struggle at their website and I'm sure you'll want to donate online or by mail to:
Boilermakers Local 484 Solidarity/Defense Fund
P.O. Box258
300 Main Street
Meredosia, IL 62665
Remember how very difficult it is for other hardhit people to raise money right now and please be generous
***********************************
FAMILY NEWS
My New Orleans cousins are still living in exile just outside of Austin. It looks like my cousin Kathleen's second child will be born in Austin instead of New Orleans. No hope of immediate return.
My son Daniel is running a marathon in Washington, DC this weekend. He's also working with other ex-Peace Corps volunteers in DC to set up a relief organization for Guatemala. The village where my son lived for 2 years in the district of San Marcos was hit very hard by the mudslides with many homeless and clean water and food only available by helicopter delivery. I should have an address for donations in time for the December Fellow Travelers' Advisory...
My cousin Bill Feeney is the pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Washington, PA. The parish celebrated its 150th anniversary on October 15th and it was a grand celebration! Bishop William Winter was joined by eight past and present pastors and vicars including Fathers Rich Wesoloski, Jim Young and Nick Spirko. My cousins Mary and Tom Weldon were there. (They'll celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on April 22, 2006) Rich W was hilarious as emcee at the dinner afterward.
My sister Kathleen is healing miraculously from her motorcycle accident and is back full time at her legal practice.
Happy Birthday to Bill Feeney & Jill Merrill (October 16); Casey Horn (October 5th); Dan Berlin (October 6th), Steve Merrill (October 20th); Coming up - November 6th - Kimberly Sever (35!) November 12th - Julie Leonardsson (63)
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Midwest Tour notes...
If you're headed to Michigan----
The IWW exhibit which opened on October 19th in the Hatcher Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor will continue for a while. It's an extraordinary exhibit. So many rare photos, artifacts ... you can see an envelope that contained Joe Hill's ashes... Julie Herrada did a fantastic job of putting the show together, and my friend and gracious host Joyce Kornbluh gave a very inspiring speech at the opening.
Another fine exhibit of Wobbly memorabilia is on display at the Reuther Library in Detroit.
If you get to Lansing, visit Magdalena's Tea House ... A charming spot doing great live music. Many thanks to Margabeth and Dave and Marya and Miko and Indigo and Susan.
and stop by the picket line of striking OPEIU nurses local 549 at Ingham Memorial Hospital.
The 15th Annual Bernie Firestone Tribute of Labor Poetry and Music at the Scarab Club was sensational. Kudos to ML Liebler for putting together such a wonderful event.
Locked out workers at Hercules Drawn Steel in Romulus, MI gathered at Local 174 for a great evening of solidarity... delicious catering by the Wobbly Kitchen and then Evan and I did a show. Thanks to Jim and Sue Burton.
Traveling with Evan Greer was so much fun. Check out http://riotfolk.org and listen to and download some of this anarchist collective's fine music.
Last month's trivia: A "Sooner" was someone who pre-emptively homesteaded Oklahoma (i.e. got there sooner) during the land rush ... no one told me what a Hoya was, tho...
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