Delhi With the introduction of a member’s bill in the provincial parliament of Ontario by New Democratic Party MPP Jagmeet Singh from Toronto to amend the Consumer Act to put a 5% hard cap ceiling on remittances as requested by ACORN International and ACORN Canada as part of the Remittance Justice Campaign, support is lining …
Month: June 2012
Worrying and Wisconsin and Walker
New Orleans Local 100 has an election today for about 50 school custodial workers with a private contractor from out of state. After many elections you can almost smell victory or defeat. Looking at the vital statistics of this organizing drive, this one smells like a winner. Wisconsin and today’s vote on the recall of …
Collateral Citizen Damage from Cyberwar and Cyberweapons
New Orleans Cyberweapons, cyperwar, black box hacking into weapon systems, and whatever else might be on the list is neither my skill set nor part of my usual reading scan, but I find myself dipping into these pieces now from time to time having gotten a number of scary and hair raising briefings from my …