London When privatization of public services is ubiquitous, it’s actually kind of scary, as I just witnessed in England and Scotland. Catching a train from Edinburgh to London, I did a double take when I saw a pink Virgin train rolling down track 3 towards me as I waited to jump from Haymarket to …
Category: International
Unions Building Community Organizations in Britain
London In an interesting development several large labor unions, including Unison and Unite, are building what they call community organizing programs in recognition of the increasing importance of communities in building their programs. In the case of Unite, the country’s largest labor union with more than 2 million members, organizers meeting with me in London …
The Biggest International Philanthropists are Still Immigrant Families
New Orleans We are at the time of year when a lot of people try to unleash their purse strings or get right for the taxman and make some donations here and there to what NFL and Hollywood agents call “their favorite charities.” There are special sections in the big newspapers suggesting that a whole …