Banska Bystrica We heard an interesting presentation by Martina Strmeňová, one of the CKO or Center for Community Organizing staff, at their headquarters in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. It’s not a model, and many might have done it differently, but it was an important campaign coalition that was assembled to oppose the threat posed by a …
Month: February 2018
Pity the Poor Immigrant
Banska Bystrica Traveling across Slovakia and listening to my guide, I recalled the contradictions of Bob Dylan’s song, “I pity the poor immigrant,” where he is both sympathetic to the plight of immigrants and suspicious of them. I pity the poor immigrant Whose strength is spent in vain Whose heaven is like …
The Healthcare Fixes Unfixed, Divide and Conquer on Display
Sofia There’s no national healthcare in Bulgaria from what I learned in recent discussions, so this is a country where Americans can come to die and feel at home. Think about that for a minute. Living costs are relatively low. Healthcare costs are relatively high. Is this the world we want? Perhaps so, because we …