Caracas: A highlight of our visit was going to be our meeting with a number of the board members of the UNT — the National Workers Union. We arrived promptly for our appointment in their offices in the Labor Ministry building. We could hear the loud talk of a meeting in progress when we got there, …
Category: Community Organizing
Sorting Out the Bolivarian Revolution
Caracas, Venezuela: Mardi Gras is a wild time in New Orleans. Having lived there for years, I am a hardened veteran. Our office on Elysian Fields is in the “party zone” a mile from the back end of the French Quarter. Partying is less the issue than parking. In short it’s a good time to …
Workshops at the World Social Forum
Porto Alegre: The World Social Forum is a hulky, ungainly, and thrilling piece of work. At one level it is a constant frustration where nothing is every where you hope to find it, yet everything is happening both everywhere at once and no where you can find. In 2003 in Porto Alegre the last …