T-Shirt
Object number2021.98.18
Manufacturer
All Sport
Date2001
MediumCotton
Credit LineGift of Amy Berlin
DescriptionNavy blue short-sleeved T-shirt. Yellow text printed on front and back. On the front, there are three circles with diagonal lines through them, with text within each circle. On back, there is text across the top and lower sections, and in the middle are two columns of text. White manufacturer's tag attached to the inside back of the neck. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (flat): 26.25 x 32.75 x 0.5 in. (66.7 x 83.2 x 1.3 cm)InscriptionsFront: "No / More / Rotten / Trade / Deals". Text within proper right circle reads: "NAFTA", text within center circle reads: "WTO", and text within proper left circle reads: "FTAA". Text below this reads: "United Steelworkers of America".
Back: Text across the top reads: "Free Traitors Against Americans / Tour 1995-2001". The two columns consist of text printed under the following headings: "Plant", "City", and "Jobs Lost".
Text below columns reads: "and 600,000 others. / Visiting your hometown soon."
Allied Printing union label reads: "ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES [UNION / LABEL] COUNCIL / [illegible]".
MarksTag reads: "All Sport / MAXWEIGHT / PRESHRUNK / MADE IN U.S.A / 100% COTTON/COTON M(40)". Care instructions on back of tag.
Historical NotesCollection of items that belonged to donor’s mother Anne Feeney including jacket, purse, t-shirts, concert passes and buttons. Feeney was a local musician, activist, and attorney. Feeney toured the country and the world, but Pittsburgh remained her hometown. She remained active in local activist organizations like the Thomas Merton Center, Pittsburgh NOW and Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, which she helped organize in 1972. She was active in the environmental, labor, women’s rights, and anti-war movements. Born in Charleroi and raised in Brookline she earned her B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1974 and then a law degree in 1978. Her grandfather was a union organizer in the mine’s and played the violin, he influenced her future activism and interest in music. She always enjoyed playing music, purchasing the guitar she used throughout her career in 1967 and giving her first public performance two years later, but it wasn’t until 1989 that she devoted herself fulltime to her music career, after a twelve year career as an attorney. The rest of her life she performed around the world at protests, festivals, political rallies and labor events. Feeney released twelve recordings and is perhaps best known for the song “Have You Been to Jail for Justice” that was covered by Peter, Paul, & Mary. She received the Joe Hill Aware in 2005, a national award that honors artists and activists who support the labor movement. She passed from complications of pneumonia related to Covid-19 on February 3 at age 69.
Previous owner
Anne Feeney
(1951 - 2021)
Related institution
United Steelworkers of America
Terms
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- World Trade Organization
- Free Trade Area of the Americas
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