Nairobi After an absence of three or four years where I’ve kept up with ACORN Kenya and its work through Skype and written reports, I was curious how different Nairobi might look when I hit the ground. The line at Customs was no shorter despite a new requirement that visas be obtained via the internet …
Month: October 2015
Is There a Crisis in Community Organizing Over Action and Struggle?
London It’s getting so there are too many warning signs to ignore and pretend there’s not a problem with the work. Not long ago a weekend’s conversation about the transactional nature of community organizing and the startling power that donors of all stripes and sizes are able to exert over the work was deeply disturbing. …
Is Tech Innovation Good for Workers or Creepy and Exploitative?
Charlotte If you read the daily papers, which god knows I do, one of the current spins focuses on the wild innovations to the workplace and the so-called workers ‘paradise brought to us care of Silicon Valley. Games, toys, endless snacks, perks galore, all bring visions of sugar plums for workers out there in sunny …