Brighton One of the undercurrents of my long slough across Europe and the United Kingdom has been the close attention and excitement roused by the West Virginia teachers and their dramatic, and ultimately successful, strike. In Bulgaria, one of our number was from West Virginia and first called the plan to my attention as the …
Month: March 2018
ACORN Newcastle Busts Sex-for-Rent Predators
Newcastle My whistle-stop tour of England and Scotland is finally winding down but doing so with a roar. In Newcastle a great crowd, breaking fifty people, streamed into the “proper” cinema at the Side Gallery, grabbing samosas and drinking box wine before the screening of “The Organizer.” As a special treat, I got to sit …
Excitement Stirring Over a Mass-Based Party’s Potential
Edinburgh Unison is the 2nd largest union in the United Kingdom with a giant membership throughout the country in a wide variety of workplaces. The screening of The Organizer and a chance to meet members of ACORN’s affiliate, Living Rent, and ACORN Scotland, brought people together in one of Unison’s meeting rooms in the top …