Mexico City The annual meeting of the ACORN International board continued its meetings for a second day in Mexico City, as they conferred on fundamental issues of support for existing work, self-sufficiency and support and expansion into new areas like Sicily and Liberia. Additional reports were heard from Mexico on the Neza water campaign and received …
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Who Wants to Bet that Walmart’s Bribery Policy Was Not in Play in India and China?
New Orleans It still doesn’t mean that Walmart won’t walk away scot-free from its $24 million Mexican bribery scandal (and who knows how much more might have been spent in other countries like India?), but at least some directors may lose their soft perches and have their hands pried loose from the rubberstamps they have …
Technology and Democracy: Wired Magazine Elitism versus Pirate Party Openness
New Orleans My son subscribes to Wired magazine, the glossy, tech and computer boosting publication. I like it and read it regularly once he’s finished. Yesterday, it was in the pile of publications I toted to the basement of the Criminal Court jury rooms to pass the time in my required biannual service as a …