New Orleans Politics in Louisiana and New Orleans in particular has never been a spectator sport. It has been a rough and tumble, no holds barred affair high on participation and requiring lots of players. Turns out one of the things going on in post-Katrina Louisiana is a wholesale effort to destroy democracy whenever …
Month: December 2005
Normalcy
New Orleans Flying from the snows of Chicago to the city again I always feel glad to come home. On I-610 before the Elysian Fields exit I try to convince myself that there are a couple of new street lights in the dark zone that were now glowing in the week since I left. It’s …
Adult Education for Organizers
Chicago The Organizers’ Forum board facing the impossibility of getting hotel rooms in New Orleans (we tried!) decamped to Chicago for our board meeting continuing the post-Katrina dislocations. We took advantage of our visit to invite some organizers from the windy city to brave the snow and come visit with us and catch everyone up …