Newcastle My whistle-stop tour of England and Scotland is finally winding down but doing so with a roar. In Newcastle a great crowd, breaking fifty people, streamed into the “proper” cinema at the Side Gallery, grabbing samosas and drinking box wine before the screening of “The Organizer.” As a special treat, I got to sit …
Category: ACORN
Excitement Stirring Over a Mass-Based Party’s Potential
Edinburgh Unison is the 2nd largest union in the United Kingdom with a giant membership throughout the country in a wide variety of workplaces. The screening of The Organizer and a chance to meet members of ACORN’s affiliate, Living Rent, and ACORN Scotland, brought people together in one of Unison’s meeting rooms in the top …
Living Rent Making Progress
Glasgow Another day, another city, another screening, more discussion of Nuts & Bolts, and a chance to catch up with things in Scotland, including the progress of the Living Rent campaign, an affiliate of ACORN, as well as the Radical Learning Network being organized by our colleague Dave Beck of the University of Glasgow. Living …