Grenoble Walking through the center of Grenoble my friends pointed out the statute in the plaza that heralded the French revolution. They reminded me that Grenoble took the pride of place in France that Boston, Concord, and Lexington claim in the American Revolution. Citizens began holding protest meetings and detailing their grievances with the regime …
Category: ACORN International
The Tough Process of Organizational Change
Grenoble Over the last week from Birmingham to Edinburgh to London and now in Grenoble, it’s amazing how often conversations and questions focus as much on organizational change as organizing programs and prospects. Talking to Martin Smith, the organizing director for the GMB in London, he made the point as clearly as anyone saying that …
Republicans Can’t Shut Down Congress? Well, Let’s Take Some Licks at ACORN!
London Two cold, crisp, but clear days in London, so I should have known that it would be raining as I head for the 445 trains that will put me in France later this morning to meet with more groups. One almost predicts the other. Same for the Republicans, it seems. The radicals don’t seem …