Bogota Columbia perhaps leads the world in supporting the organization of workers involved in handling solid waste under different names and hard conditions. The 13th annual "dia de recicladores" or day of the wastepicker or recycler was March 1st. This date coincided with the first international congress of wastepickers. ACORN was represented by Ercilia …
Author: wade
Scams
Atlanta Attorney Bachmann called our attention recently to an article in Harpers’ Magazine. I had skipped by that piece reading with some fascination about the scams employed by a couple of young folks trying to make it down the Mississippi River on old oil drums. There are very few people (I think) who were …
Hawkers, Peddlers, and the Food Desert
Atlanta Following the halla bol in India earlier this week where hawkers, peddlers and smaller traders have joined with India FDI Watch Campaign to force more accountability from large big box corporate retail in that country, it may all seem very quaint to read and very “developing nation.” Many readers must sigh and think, …