Protests Disrupt, No Duh!

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans     If I had a thousand dollars for every time someone, well-meaning or evil-intentioned, said to me, that “I could agree with ACORN, but I can’t agree with your tactics,” then we would have enough money in the bank to organize for years.  For …

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Organizing Obstacles Come with Online and At-Home Work

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05282020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans      Speaking as an organizer, be careful what you wish for, if you’re hoping the pandemic means more online work and work from home, because it is easy to see even more obstacles ahead for work-based and union organizations. The more I read about schools …

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Mutual Aid and Governmental Responsibility

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     Mutual aid or solidarity work has long been a feature of political activity in times of crisis and often at all times.  ACORN affiliates around the world have been involved at different levels in such work as we have tried to respond to the …

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