No Place to Run, No Place to Hide

ACORN ACORN International

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN031720202.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGreenville       Talking to ACORN’s head organizer in France from one of the organization’s offices in Lyon was something of an other-worldly experience.  He was cancelling a train trip to Paris and had only hours to get back to his home in Grenoble.  The President of France has …

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Stop Evictions and Freeze Rents

ACORN ACORN International

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03142020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River     The ACORN Union in England has launched a petition in the wake of the coronavirus that has already gained 3000 signatures and rising. As reported in The Independent The ACORN union, which supports tenants, workers and residents, launched a petition this week urging the government …

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Frequent Fliers and Carbon Banks

ACORN ACORN International

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03092020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       Visiting with old friends from Montana and Texas the other night, out of the blue one of my buddies asked me what I thought about the “carbon bank?”  I’m not a big fan of corporations not actually reducing their carbon and polluting footprint, but …

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