Springfield Looking at the connections and contrasts between the revolutionary upheavals of the Arab Spring in the Middle East and the Occupy Movement was an irresistible topic for the 20th conference of AADERT (African and African-American Development, Education, Research, and Training) at Springfield College. In fact anything that seeks to look deeply at social movements and …
Month: June 2012
Springfield Rebuilding One Year Later Déjà vu All Over Again
Springfield One year ago a tornado cut a 6 mile swatch of destruction through Springfield, Massachusetts, and I was meeting with labor leaders and other activists at the Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO offices to discuss the comparisons between New Orleans and Springfield in the rebuilding. It was depressing in many ways because even after 7 ½ years …
Judge Stops Florida Voter Suppression and Anti-Registration Law
Springfield This late in the game with an election looming in the critical, battleground state of Florida a lot of the damage is already done since the clock has already moved to the 11th hour in terms of registering new voters. Nonetheless, a federal judge in Florida finally will bring some justice to the matter …