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 10/23/2015: Here is an article from Helsingin Sanomat that Harry just translated, an interesting piece about the attempts of a young woman pastor who is trying to modernize her Conservative Laestadian religion which is a very fundamentalist branch of the Finnish Lutheran Church. Click on: “Burst Open the Bubble of Shame”
3/25/2014: Harry has completed the sixth installment of his memoirs. Click HERE.
11/6/2013: Harry has just eompleted the fifth chapter of his memoirs. You can go directly to it by clicking here. Or, you may go to the beginning. I have re-formatted to two columns. It reads more easily, and has a better look. Harry’s Memoirs
10/31/2013: This just in! Here’s a photo of Harry with Karl.
6/17/2013: Harry found his father, Antii’s thoughts on the existence of a god, written when he was 23 in 1912 (& Harry was just a gleam in his Mama’s lovely eyes. Read AJATUKSIANI, and Harry’s English translation.
 10/3/2012: Here’s a new cartoon from Harry:
From Fingerpori, a cartoon strip appearing in the Finnish newspaper Helsigin Sanomat. The playground atterndant points to a sign reading (in English): “Do not let your dog do its duty in this yard area.” The man on right responds: “No problem, this is a mountain wolf.” —h
6/8/2012: About 4 years ago Harry returned from FinnFest in Minnesota having delivered "Free Thought and Secularism in the Finnish Diaspora", one of the best talks he feels he’s ever given. There is a link at the top, in the navigation bar, but you can access it HERE.
6/4/2012: * I received a slew of scanned documents from Harry, various notes to writings and lectures. As of now they are just a collection of papers, and will be better organized in the future. Meanwhile, those wishing to read them may click on: Harry’s Scans
3/25/2012: Harry appeared as “Marx in Soho” (official website for the play: www.marxinsoho.com/) on Saturday, March 24. He was terrific! There is a chance he will reprise his role in the City. Stay tuned.
3/4/2012: Here’s a photo Harry took of the statue of Karl Marx, with grafitti, in East Berlin.
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I took this photo on May 8, 1991 at the Marx/Engels Plaza in East Berlin, discovered when walking along Unter den Linden, two years after the Berlin Wall fell. Note some wilted flowers at the base probably placed there on May Day, only a week before to honor Marx and Engels. The grafitti at the base reads in English, "We Are Innocent". This will go well with the Stranius blog and on the purpose of Marx returning to life in the play Marx In Soho – "to clear my name!" Harry
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3/26/2012:
Translation: “These are dirty dishes!”
3/26/2012: Harry offers his translation of “When the Soviet Union Collapsed”
By Finnish blogger Pentti Stranius.
3/5/2012: Postings appear all too few and far between, but here’s one you did not want to miss. Harry did a dramatic reading of Howard Zinn’s “Marx in Soho” Saturday, March 24, 2:00 pm om Berkeley. He may reprise the role, so stay tuned for new developments. (You may click on flier below to view full size:
10/27/2010: Two Finns in a bar ...
“Darling, I won't be home until morning. My flight has been cancelled.”
“My love, the Metro station here is way late ...”
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE:
“Repair work on the Kulosaari Metro has been delayed.”
Harry writes: “The cartoon of this conversation as translated by me is attached from the online Helsingin Sanomat. The cartoonist is Karlsson.”
10/5/2010: United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters Berkeley Lodge No. 21 Invites You to:
An Afternoon of
Finnish-American Poetry. Sunday, October 24, 2:00 pm. For details in PDF, click on: Poetry Reading.
8/9/2010 — Harry writes, “Hey Daniel: I wrote a little item on a Finnish anti-war song "Veli, Sisko", (Brother, sister) including its history briefly and its lyrics written by Elsa Rautee in 1936, plus a 2006 English translation by Tuomas Kaikkonen. Reijo Frank popularized it around 1969-70.” Check out: Veli Sisko.
7/8/2010 — Harry writes: Production has begun on a feature film, “Big Finn Hall” in Thunder Bay, Ont., about Finnish Canadian immigrant radicals in the early 20th century, directed by Kelly Saxberg, a descendent of these immigrants. Two Finnish professional film actors have been brought in to play the leads. The film will be based on actual historical events.
Recently, the centennial of the Big Finn Hall was held, which still exists and includes a cooperative restaurant called “Hoito" . Finnish-Canadian members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, Wobblies) owned Big Finn Hall for many decades.
Plans are for a public showing of the film in the fall of 2011. See the online Helsingin Sanomat for a Finnish language story about the this film project.
—Harry
Hey, Harry’s in a cartoon!
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For those who don't know Finnish:
1. The balloon in the upper-right corner reads: “Maximum retirement age to 70 years.”
2. Harry (in the foreground with the walker) asks: “Have you lived long in this old age home?”
3. The woman with the walker responds: “No, I'm working here.”
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Here’s a very fine poem by Heidi Komulainen – Utopias, Part IX
Abe Lincoln got it right:
Harry writes, “Here’s a picture of me at a Golden Gate Racewalkers holiday party yesterday in Oakland, CA. Photo by host Mort Landsberg”
 More from Harry’s Poetry Corner: “Name In Vain” Check it out.
Harry’s been back to the aulde country. Check out this photo: Harry @ Suomenlinnaon. Cheers!
Harry’s poetry corner. (Check out his recently-penned: What’s Immoral – (An alphabetized laundry list aspiring to become a poem).
Sadly, Utah Phillips has taken the High Rail. Read Harry's Obit. 'Twas a wonderful send-off was given him at the Ashkenaz August 1st. Harry was there, and
spoke, and was much music & merriment. His music and legacy live on.
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We begin with Harry’s memoirs, which you may view by clicking on the link above. He also has a brief history of the Finnish-American labor movement he’s delivered as a paper on a couple of occasions,
and other articles he’s written could appear here.
