New Orleans The real estate bubble in Spain cratered the economy ushering in an austerity economy with unemployment rates of more than 25% of the population and a staggering 55% for younger workers. We might ask how people are surviving, and the answer from banker Julio Gisbert who has written a book called, Living Without …
Category: International
Every Friday in Bil’in is Demo Time for Iyad Burnat and the Gang on the West Bank
Atlanta Fred Brooks, an old comrade, and now professor at Georgia State, asked if I would be interested in hearing a visiting speaker, Iyad Burnat, who was a Palestinian organizer of nonviolent protests on the ever controversial West Bank and happened to be giving a talk at Kennesaw State at the international conflict resolution center up …
Sweatshop Inspection Plan and Demanding Continued Mortgage Cleanup
New Orleans Sweatshops: Talking about a new garment industry inspection and morintoring plan that makes more sense, here is one from labor that is being readied for launch in Bangladesh. At this point it is an “if and when” agreement though signed by only two groups, PVH, owner of Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands, and …