Charlie King and Karen Brandow are proud members of Local 1000, the Traveling Musician's Union of the American Federation of Musicians. At www.local1000.com you can find out more about the union and how to join us and hundreds of other wonderful musicians in this fast growing union local.
Charlie King is a founding member of the People's Music Network/Songs of Freedom and Struggle, a national network of activists writing and singing music for social change. Check out www.peoplesmusic.org for information about the twice a year gatherings, newsletter, directory, etc.
We recommend your listening to our musician friends
with whom we share stages, recorded songs and a common vision. And
don't miss them if they come to
your town!
Kim & Reggie Harris - wonderfully talented, powerful performers. Reggie produced both of our duo studio recordings.
Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow, whose music has been sung at peace events in New York City, Beijing, Korea and across the U.S.
Prince
Myshkins are Rick Burkhardt and Andy Gricevich, writing and singing
some of the funniest and most insightful
political music of the day.
Dave Rovics -
Look for Dave at any gathering for peace and justice in the U.S., Canada
and Europe - a prolific writer who always has a
song for today's news.
Mike Stern -
We are just learning of Mike's music, and have received tremendous feedback
about his song "Stand Up" which we recorded on
our new live CD.
Len Wallace
is an ace Canadian accordion player who has appeared on two of our CDs,
and is a wonderful singer/songwriter of
political music.
We are active in a number of causes, some of which we sing for or raise funds for each year. Please check out their websites to see how you can join our efforts.
The Journey of Hope from Violence to Healing works to end the death penalty in the U.S. by making statewide journeys across states that still have the death penalty, giving public talks, lobbying and raising consciousness.
The School of the Americas Watch organizes events all year to close the School at Fort Benning, GA, where thousands of Latin American military have been trained to repress their own people, and have been involved in some of the most serious human rights abuses of the past century.
Peace Brigades International protects human rights and promotes the nonviolent transformation of conflicts. When invited, PBI send teams of volunteers into areas of repression and conflict. The volunteers accompany human rights defenders, their organizations and others threatened by political violence. It currently has teams in Colombia, Mexico, Indonesia and Guatemala.
The National
War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee is a coalition of groups
from across the U.S., formed in 1982 to provide
information and support to people involved in or considering some form
of war tax resistance. Affiliate organizations and individual supporters
are joined together in
a common struggle for a more just and peaceful society. It opposes
militarism and war and refuses to complicity participate in the tax system
which supports such violence.
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