New Orleans The World Economic Forum is a non-profit (supposedly) gathering ground in Davos, Switzerland in late for the big whoops to network and presumably plan for our future and their profits. For years the alternative Forum, the World Social Forum met first in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and then in different countries to try and …
Category: International
LeadNow in Canada
New Orleans I had a fascinating and encouraging conversation recently with Jamie Biggar, the Vancouver-based executive director of what could be an exciting new political force for progressive issues and change in Canada: LeadNow or probably more accurately www.leadnow.ca since the internet is going to be the main membership access to this weapon d’ jour. …
Responding to Public Cutbacks: UK-Uncut
New Orleans With every headline at every level of government talking about severe cutbacks, a loss of over 1 million American public sector jobs already, and given the depth of the Great Recession unions and others seem in the bunker and on the defensive without much of a response, perhaps there’s something worth learning across …