London The last several years the treat at the end of the trail has been lunch with an old friend and comrade somewhere in London’s Chinatown where we catch up on labor union developments and organizing around the world. Given developments in the USA where unions are contemplating losses of literally millions of members if …
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ACORN Newcastle Busts Sex-for-Rent Predators
Newcastle My whistle-stop tour of England and Scotland is finally winding down but doing so with a roar. In Newcastle a great crowd, breaking fifty people, streamed into the “proper” cinema at the Side Gallery, grabbing samosas and drinking box wine before the screening of “The Organizer.” As a special treat, I got to sit …
Organizing Tips from Bulgarian Enviros and Justice for All
Sofia Organizing is somewhere on the spectrum between craft, trade, and art, so to keep even, much less ahead, of developments in the work, it’s important to pick up tips and examine the “nuts and bolts” wherever you can. Conversations and observations in Bulgaria were providing me a laundry list of lessons. On a lunch …