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Community Organizing Ideas and Issues

January 29, 2009                 New Orleans                      It would be nice to say to the Right, “Hey, get over it!”  The Arkansas legislature failed to get a unanimous resolution of congratulations to President Obama, and throughout the last week the Google alerts have been filled with wildness that says the national community organization, ACORN, is slated …

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Doug Allen and SAG

Community Organizing Labor Organizing

            New Orleans               Other than on some kind of screen, silver, LED, computer, TV or whatever, I probably would not know a screen actor if one bit me, so I’m probably not qualified to comment on the internal squabbles within the Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG) and their termination of Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Doug …

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Poster Child

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues

Poster Child             New York        Walking by the elevators and out towards Park Avenue two women were talking and shaking their heads as they left Citibank.  I wasn’t listening, but one of them said, “Thain,” and both shook their heads.  Turned out the buzz all over the financial district was about a short 15-minute visit …

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