New Orleans Recent press reports and a big story in the Wall Street Journal have been sniping at the huge $85M set of contributions that the Service Employees International Union made on the Obama campaign. On one hand they seem to be insinuating crass influence buying and on the other hand they are hinting at …
Category: Organizing
Thanks to Zack Exley
New Orleans A little less than two months ago I got an email out of the blue from legendary internet and political organizer, Zack Exley. It was a one line note that said, essentially and in so few words: Wade, what the frick is wrong with your blog – I can’t make heads or tails …
Tamil Tactics in Toronto
New Orleans A classic organizing problem has always been how do popular forces leverage local strength around global concerns? This question has always been difficult as anti-war forces saw most recently in trying to raise issues around Iraq and as 60’s veterans vividly remember from the protests to stop the Viet Nam war a world …