Athens Reading the reams of material prepared by Barbara Bowen, the Organizers’ Forum coordinator, and book after book to prepare to lead our delegation of twenty from the Organizers’ Forum in Turkey, one is reminded of aberrations of global policy that are so extreme that one can not imagine what in the world “the powers …
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Training Organizers
Los Angeles Flying out I read a book called Activism, Inc. written by a sociologist who had followed the canvassers with Grassroots Campaign, Inc (GCI) created by Doug Phelps, as one of the largest canvassing subcontractors. The book actually called the outfit the “Peoples’ Project,” but it was obvious it was GCI. Her essential theme …
Sitefighters II
Sacramento For the second year the key sitefighters, engaging big boxes and particularly Wal-Mart, convened in Sacramento from all around the country. All the major campaigns were there: WARN, WakeUpWal-Mart, Wal-Mart Watch, Change to Win, and UFCW locals. We were meeting in California for the second conference in order to support the extensive work being …