New Orleans One of the recent breakthroughs in the fight against the corporatization of retail in India being waged through the India FDI Watch Campaign has been to seek to win tax “holidays” for farmers and small vendors selling vegetables to provide a competitive edge against the big box intrusions. Babu Kahn, our organizer …
Category: International
Visiting the ACORN Lima Office
Lima Gladys Arnao told me that she thought I had gained a couple of pounds. But, it looked good! Orfa Camacho, our head organizer for ACORN Peru made sure that I understood clearly that it had been 25 months since I had visited ACORN in Lima, and she was keeping track! Angelica Cedano …
Mexico City Office
Lima The Mexico City subway is a serious piece of work. We waited until 9:30 AM to head for the office of ACORN Mexico City believing that the rush hour would have eclipsed by then. Perhaps we were still too early, because it was a pushing and shoving situation to get on the line heading …