New York Pinch me, I can’t believe it is happening! The Chairman of the Federal Reserve is everything but calling for write downs of the loan principle by the big banks and others to prevent foreclosures. Which is to say that in these broad hints, Bernanke is actually trying to open the door …
Category: ACORN
Border Clash
Bogota The second day of the Congress was better for all of us. We were able to escape the formal declarations and multiple presentations from dignitaries and sponsors, and finally settled into the Organizing Track. For hours we listened and learned intently from case studies given from Cairo, Egypt, our own ACORN-affiliated Harit Recyclers …
Bogota Waste Pickers
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 …