Philadelphia Michael Nutter won a hard, close race to be the Democratic nominee for Mayor of Philadelphia. He has essentially no opposition in this November’s general election on November 6th, so we all listened carefully to his “warm up” speech at Bright Baptist, the former church of Congressman and Majority Whip, Bill Gray. He caught …
Category: ACORN
Behind the Scenes
Philadelphia On Sunday at Temple University the ACORN Executive Board and key leaders from states in the Northeast spent hours developing questions for the ACORN Presidential Candidate Forum to be held on Monday afternoon in a church right off campus. Practice makes perfect, and the ACORN leaders wanted to be ready on every score as …
US Social Forum
New Orleans The Social Forum movement has been an interesting and important development over the last decade. Beginning in Brazil, fueled by the growth of the Brazilian Workers Party and the election of Lula Silva as President of the country, World Social Forums have enjoyed private and public support and have held large annual …