New Orleans I had a fascinating and encouraging conversation recently with Jamie Biggar, the Vancouver-based executive director of what could be an exciting new political force for progressive issues and change in Canada: LeadNow or probably more accurately www.leadnow.ca since the internet is going to be the main membership access to this weapon d’ jour. …
Author: wade
Responding to Public Cutbacks: UK-Uncut
New Orleans With every headline at every level of government talking about severe cutbacks, a loss of over 1 million American public sector jobs already, and given the depth of the Great Recession unions and others seem in the bunker and on the defensive without much of a response, perhaps there’s something worth learning across …
Come On! Private Banks Poaching Fannie Mae
New Orleans On ESPN’s Sportscenter during the seasons they have a feature called “Come on!” in which they feature unbelievable or bonehead plays. We need that in other fields of public life and politics. Reading about the efforts of banks like Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase along with the various trade associations to try …