Amersfoort Being embedded in the offices of the Socialist Party of the Netherlands for several days to help on the field programs involving their campaign to reform the private insurance-based health care system in their country, I have been able to sit in on a number of meetings with local chapter activists, leaders, and volunteers. …
Month: October 2016
Say So Long to Megyn Kelly, James O’Keefe, Fox News and the Gang
New Orleans What a political season! We’re counting down the days now, but some things are increasingly clear at the margins. The sell-by-date may finally be here for New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and Mr. Grouch, Rudy Guiliani, the former Mayor of New York City. It takes a …
Organizing Props Matter in a Campaign
Amersfoort, Netherlands We were meeting with the organizing team for the national healthcare campaign in Holland. The campaign has hit a deep nerve in trying to push private insurers back out of the market place and arguing that there is not a national healthcare system when huge numbers are not participating because of an “own …