New Orleans What is going on these days? Seems like everywhere we turn there are attacks on women in what seems a backlash against the self-satisfied progress we had hoped we were making. The International Labor Organization finds that there is no country where women have achieved pay equity with men. This includes even …
Month: February 2014
Privatization Everywhere in UK, and Monopoly Rising in USA
London When privatization of public services is ubiquitous, it’s actually kind of scary, as I just witnessed in England and Scotland. Catching a train from Edinburgh to London, I did a double take when I saw a pink Virgin train rolling down track 3 towards me as I waited to jump from Haymarket to …
Scotland at a Crossroads with Independence Vote Coming
Glasgow September 18th may not already be circled on your calendar but it’s a huge date in Scotland when the vote will be taken on the referendum of whether or not Scotland will be independent of the United Kingdom. The papers are full of charges and counter-charges about the impact of the vote and speculation …