Jakarta 36 days of Exile It’s late September so it’s time for the Organizers’ Forum World Tour (www.organizersforum.org). Five or more years ago, we established the Organizers Forum to give serious and senior community and labor organizers an opportunity to engage critical issues and challenges outside of the normal channels and silos of our work. We …
Month: September 2005
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Jakarta 35 days of Exile Malaysian Air flies into Kuala Lumpur International Airport across low rolling hills dotted with palm trees. These are not ornamental palms, but production palms valued for their oil. The hills look dryer than one expected in this area of Asia. Hitting the runway the airport from a distance looks big, but …
Rita
Jakarta 35 days of Exile Maybe there is no going home? Someone with a working phone, please put a call into Noah and get the teams together, because there seems to be no end to the rising waters around us. Preliminary reports from Rita seem to have knocked down the Local 100 sign in front of …