Little Rock It was exciting to be back in Little Rock visiting with a combination of old ACORN leaders and organizers, city and neighborhood activists, Local 100 ULU organizers and leaders, and others. The excuse for the meeting in the old Arkansas ACORN building and board conference room, surrounded by posters and pictures of campaigns [...]
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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 [...] Springfield It’s wild and wooly out there on the trail these days. I gave the annual Social Science lecture about my book, Citizen Wealth, and its themes at Springfield College last night to 200+ students, faculty, and members of the community in Marsh Hall on the campus. All of this capped a marathon of [...] Springfield First vote on the US House passage was a full court press that worked. The Republican Cao from New Orleans was the only one of that tribe to vote for passage. Who says townhalls don’t matter! I flew on the US Air leg from DC to Hartford sitting behind Congressman Olver from the 1st District. [...] New Orleans Having been in Canada all week was a relief, but there was no way to come back to New Orleans and not try to get a better understanding of the political road rage that is seeking to engulf ACORN and attack governmental funding sources. Two things interested me first. The first was [...] |
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