Brussels Language is a funny thing. Even when we think we are totally in synch, we are easily sidetracked. Examples abound. This morning the directions to the airport train took me to the Metro station which I only sorted out once I had paid two euros ten for a subway ticket. 500 meters and nine …
Category: International
VioMe
Athens Perhaps nothing so epitomizes the “crisis” in Greece, as it is universally called, than the VioMe, a former metallurgical factory in the industrial district not far from the airport. In 2011, when the full brunt of the economic collapse hit the country and the Greek owner of the plant suddenly shut the factory down, …
Toronto Elections Goes Canada Crazy, Notwithstanding
Woodhaven, Ontario In Paraguay the frame of reference was constantly back to the end of the dictatorship thirty years ago and the process of rebuilding civil society, institutions, and a democratic tradition in their country. Suddenly in Canada for the annual fall organizer training sessions and management meetings for ACORN Canada, I found myself …