Stockholm I had already finished one interesting meeting with Svalorna Latinamerika, an NGO that worked only in Peru, Bolivia, and Nicaragua. I knew I was working my way down the chain when they started asking whether or not I had any ideas for how they could build capital for business schemes in Ariquippa, …
Category: International
Social Movement Unionism, Phones, and Co-ops
Stockholm Marcus Carson, a former ACORN and Local 100 staffer, has been living in Sweden with his family the last 10 years. He claimed to me last night that Stockholm was a beautiful city. On that, as on so many other things, I’ll have to take his word, because all I know are …
Moving Towards the Cities
Oslo Norway was a short course. Three meetings in less than 24 hours: NORAD, the Norwegian Development organization with a view of the water, LO, the giant labor federation with its huge building overlooking the former bazaar, and finally Norwegian Church Aid, a huge NGO hidden discretely around the corner from the heart of …