Houston Happy Independence Day! I’m headed west again for the 4th straight summer for a piece of time. Part work and part vacation. I’m trying to finish a book. I’m going to celebrate 45 years in this work. Friends and fun! So this is by way of a warning. I’m going to be thinking about …
Category: Organizing
Is Demographics Destiny in a Democracy?
New Orleans On a radio interview I conducted on Friday discussing the impact of the DOMA and Prop 8 decisions, the young man poignantly spoke about the isolation of young homosexuals in rural areas, compared to the relative freedom in the cities, even conservative cities. I then noticed a map in the Wall Street Journal …
Learning from the Protests in Brazil
Toronto The work of the Free Fare Movement in Brazil has triggered mass movements and mobilizations for change in Brazil. The simplest of their demands, reducing what is reportedly a somewhat modest fare increase, has already been met in the major cities of Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro, but as the numbers have increased, …