New Orleans The dots have to be connected. Almost at the same time that the Arizona legislature goes virtually hate-crime with draconian anti-immigrant legislation prepared for the Governor’s signature, the federales under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), headed by ex-Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and her ICE-capades suit up 800 armed agents, helicopers, rolling stock …
Category: Organizing
Andy Stern and the Long Goodbye
Washington As I made my way back from half-way across the world, I watched the story unfold even before leaving Mumbai of first reports that Andy Stern would resign as President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and then a message from him by the time that I arrived at Dulles that there was …
Coordinated Autonomy in Montreal
Montreal We were meeting on a cold afternoon in the new offices of the Immigrant Workers’ Center with a host of organizations and activists in Montreal much like a “focus” group of sorts on ACORN Canada and ACORN International and how they might fit and contribute to the ongoing work in this great city. People …