New York The first surprise was the reports from Chicago two weeks ago, where Chicago ACORN had turned out our members and found themselves part of a swelling crowd of nearly 300,000 people on March 10th. As the immigrant criminalization bills continued to advance towards hearings in DC, the protests seemed to gain force. Over …
Category: International
Small Traders Strike in India
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 …
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 …