New Orleans Small traders met several weeks ago supported by a half-dozen of the major political parties in India along with several of the national labor centers. The reason was simple: the prime minister’s approval of foreign direct investment (FDI) for single-brand retail. Let me roll it back for you more slowly…. India in the …
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Community Centres?
Toronto Judy Duncan, the head organizer of ACORN Canada, had scheduled the planning meeting for this year in the Roger Thornton Community Centre in the “program room” on the 2nd floor. Getting in from the airport a couple minutes early I stumbled into the “auditorium,” which was a large open room without chairs where a …
Democracy the Hard Way
Lima Visiting with our great organizing staff over the weekend and today in our office in Lima is always an exhilarating experience with a lot of catch-up on problems both big and small. Invariably, the conversation led to the upcoming national elections. Somehow President Toledo against all odds has survived with popularity often moving towards …