Dallas One of the most amazing things about being an organizer, whether of community or labor-based organizations, remains the excitement of learning deeply what people really want – and expect – of their own organizations. For 33 years, Local 100 of the United Labor Unions has held an annual leadership conference. Many times it is largely …
Month: June 2014
All Demonstrations are Now Spying Opportunities All the Time
Dallas We condemn China’s regular crackdowns of dissidents and many countries offer them safe harbor. We cheer the courageous members of Pussy Riot in Russia or Femen in the Ukraine who have stood up to governments for the freedom of speech and the rights of women. We are outraged at the military coups that subvert …
Twitter is Not Going to Make It: Too Passive, Too Clunky
Dallas The number two guy at Twitter resigned to no one’s surprise, since he had been selling off his stock like there was no tomorrow. He had been promoted to try to expand their markets and audience and get some growth going, but given the disappointing growth on the micro-blogging site, his job was the …