https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10282019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSan Pedro Sula We had weathered another difficult annual general meeting of Honduras ACORN midway between Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. It was a difficult three-hour session as the leadership tried to navigate the legal requirements and the election of officers. The biggest issue was the classic …
Month: October 2019
Honduras is a Country at the Crossroads
San Pedro Sula There’s no agreement in Honduras about much except the fact that the economy continues lagging and unemployment is acute, government is inept, and corruption is rampant. Getting specifics past these general statements is a longer climb. The big topic on all tongues is the conviction of the President’s brother in a jury …
Protest by the Powerless…Congressmen
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10252019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSan Pedro Sula In almost any work on social movements and social change organizations, authors are usually crystal clear: protest is an exercise of the powerless. Contemporary politics may be turning this world of certainty upside down. In recent years we have already seen “walkouts” become popular …