Dallas Monday before dawn buses pulled out of Houston and other Texas cities filled with ACORN members who were damned if they were not going to be the first voters to take advantage of satellite polling places in Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport. And, they were! A Houston Chronicle reporter rode with a couple …
Category: Labor Organizing
Civil Rights Moment?
Ithaca, New York New England was still a raw way from spring. Daffodils were trying but the frost on cars and the iced over puddles told a different story when I was in Massachusetts and then again driving through the rain to Ithaca. On Wednesday night I spoke to a graduate class at the University …
Monday Coming and Casseurs
Amherst, Massachusetts Monday, April 10th, is shaping up to be another big day in the struggle for immigrant rights in the United States. Demonstrations, rallies, and all manner of activities have been announced for Monday in over 60 cities. ACORN offices seem to be heavily in the mix from San Diego to Palm Beach and …