Buenos Aires: In Argentina everything is dated before or after the “crisis.” The crisis was the defining economic collapse when the value of the peso went to dirt and all of the bills came due. Banks closed and depositors lost their shirts. Interestingly, the people reacted by organizing and organizing in new and exciting forms. …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Ohio — The Beat Goes On!
Columbus, Ohio: Flying into Peru in the aftermath of a series of hella-days, it was hard for me not to wonder what was now ranging loose and at large in the world. Without doubt, part of this is provoked by the every four year festival of folly that seems to typify an Inauguration and its …
Pay Day Lending in Canada
Toronto: Four months ago Jude Duncan, ACORN Canada’s Toronto Head Organizer, and John Young, ACORN Canada’s executive director were driving endless miles around the neighborhoods of what is called the GTA — Greater Toronto Area — looking at the turf for countless areas that would become ACORN local community organizations in the coming years. Now, I …