Stuck in Korogocho Conversations

Nairobi For hours in the morning, Sammy Ndirangu and David Musungu, ACORN Kenya’s organizers in Nairobi working in two villages in the Korogocho slum discussed their work and the issues that members were identifying around health care, education, and housing.  In the afternoon we were joined by the chair of one of the groups, [...]

Support the Campaign for Human Development

New Orleans I got a call late Mardi Gras afternoon on my cell from James Salt, the organizing director for something called Catholics United.  He got right to the point.  The rightwing within the Catholic Church (yes, I know some of you are chuckling that you thought that was the only wing, but keep [...]

Alinsky and the Rightists

New Orleans Like a bad penny, it pops up again that rightwing activists like the Landrieu bungling James O’Keefe have spent hours poring through Saul Alinksy’s Rules for Radicals for tips as if it were a “how to” manual.  I’m constantly surprised to get flaming emails quoting one of Saul’s rules or another and [...]

Selling Out Tea Party Populists

New Orleans The other day when I had seen a piece touting the first ever national Tea Party Convention in Nashville in February, I looked at the calendar, noted the date, and sent an email to a friend in LA suggesting we go check it out.  I know now I must have been kidding [...]

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