Jakarta        I was first struck by the hunger for information, news, papers, anything about modern community organizing when I visited the Philippines and then later during my two trips to Korea.  Fledgling organizers in other countries are simply desperate for tips or anything that updates their work and gives them a better grip on …

Jakarta        Wednesday was a national holiday marking the end of Ramadan.  Some people forget that this secular country of 250 million is actually the largest Muslim country in the world, and because of that and in my view a thousand other reasons could represent a real opportunity when there is a different person in …

Buenos Aires        Talking last night, we started discussing perhaps the largest effort of ACORN Argentina in Buenos Aires involving community representation on the communas.  This is a little complicated, but essentially the communas are something on the order of large, neighborhood governing councils to allow direct citizen participation.       There used to be …