Georgia, Ground Zero for the Senate

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsAtlanta    It took five hours and half a tank of gas for me and two organizers for the ACORN Tenants Union in Atlanta to visit more than a dozen apartment complexes in five different counties around metro Atlanta and the perimeter.  The day had started in misty …

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Watch Out, Moxie Marlinspike!

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11052020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       I’ve been a fan of Moxie Marlinspike since I first became acquainted with his encryption work years ago.  Ok, I admit, I also liked his name and his general thumb to the nose to the tech world, the military-industrial complex (remember them), and of …

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Loofah and the ACORN Farm

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans      The half-acre ACORN Farm has been in production in the Lower 9thWard of New Orleans for the last seven years or so.  Initially part of the city’s Grow Green initiative to utilize land lots decimated by Hurricane Katrina, we have gradually moved from renter …

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