ACORN Convention

ACORN Community Organizing Ideas and Issues International Personal Writings

Detroit        Weather alternated between perfect and coolish.  A surprisingly hard shower turned into hail for almost a half-hour.  Red shirts were everywhere and largely good spirits abounded.  Friends greeted each other who had not seen each other since the last convention in Columbus.     Arquela Smith was there from Dallas with her great grandson.  …

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Paradise Lost. Logging and the Environmental and Social Destruction of the Solomon Islands

Ideas and Issues International Personal Writings

New Orleans        This is a preview of coming attractions.  In a partnership with ACORN International we have joined with Andre Vltchek in an important project to resuscitate a critical website, Asiana News (www.asiananews.org), which will be debuting within days.  The site was formerly called Asiana Press Agency and featured excellent articles from journalists and …

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