2010-06-01 At Doug's surprise 90th birthday party, his wife Anna and his old pal Bruce Dancis let it be known to him and seventy-plus friends that they were going to have Doug's Blues for America published again — this time both in English and Italian.

Bruce agreed to tighten up the text (he is a newspaper editor), and because the books first saw light of day in 1997, Doug agreed to add a new last chapter and a Postscript. The Postscript is finished. Here it is.

2010-02-06 HOWIE, a sad letter from Bologna

2009-12-22 Emergency call...to action! [pdf and WordPerfect formats]. Doug writes an open letter to his friends and the world. Obama looks good mostly because his predecessor was the worst POTUS in U.S. history [who was installed by a right-wing supreme court even though he lost the election]. Pressure must be brought to bear if the current U.S. government is not to finish the job of leading the world to ruin. And we have to supply the pressure.

2009-10-07 A new letter from Bologna: The year is 1970...Dan Berrigan is on the run...Doug is in Hanoi with Noam Chomsky...Bruce Dancis rallies 14,000 draft card resisters...It's time for prison...