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DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nCELEBRATING TOM PAINE'S BIRTHDAY\nby Vic Sadot\n\nThomas Paine, 1737 
 – 1809, was America’s famous revolutionary writer.   We will celebrate 
 his 276th birthday with spirited singer/songwriter Vic Sadot and his 
 musical friends!  Vic will sing his "Ballad of Tom Paine" which tells Tom 
 Paine’s life story in a style inspired by Phil Ochs’ "Ballad of Joe 
 Hill" and Woody Guthrie’s "Ballad of Tom Joad" (based on Steinbeck’s 
 The Grapes of Wrath).  Quotations from key writings of Tom Paine will also 
 be featured — short readings from "Common Sense," "The Crisis Papers," 
 "The Rights of Man," "The Age of Reason," and letters to friends.  Tom 
 Paine’s writings remain acutely relevant, particularly to the Occupy Wall 
 Street and ongoing truth and justice  movements.\n\nVic Sadot has been 
 recording songs for a new CD that will likely be named for his song in 
 support of Bradley Manning:  "Courage To Resist."  Other songs  that need 
 to get out on an official CD release are:  "No Nuke Blues" with a new 
 Fukushima verse;  "An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King" 
 based on the book by the same title by William Pepper, the King family 
 lawyer who won a unanimous trial victory in Memphis in 1999;  "Selling 
 Futures;"  "The Kidnapping Coup," the story of the 2004 U.S. overthrow of 
 democracy in Haiti;  and finally some love songs like "Harbor of Love," 
 "Lori," and "Dearest Lady."  All of these recordings feature the 
 super-talented violin, viola, and ukulele of Eric Golub.  See Vic Sadot 
 videos at TruthTroubadour and get free mp3′s at BroadsideBalladeer.  This 
 celebration on the 29th is a fundraiser for Vic Sadot’s new music!  Come 
 out and give him BIG SUPPORT for his creative songwriting!\n\nA quote from 
 Tom Paine adorns the banner above the stage at Humanist Hall:  “The world 
 is my country.  To do good is my religion.“  This gigantic wooden banner 
 was hand made by a Wobbly, William Henkelman, in 1958.\n\nWheelchair 
 accessible around the corner at  411  28th  Street\n\n$10 — $20 donations 
 are accepted\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/01/06/18729547.php
SUMMARY:Celebrating Tom Paine's Birthday
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/01/06/18729547.php
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