Siguatepeque, Honduras The process of legally registering ACORN Honduras has been endless, but earlier this year all of the money was paid, all of the rocks moved out of the road that were full of bad lawyers, miscommunications, and false starts. Leaders from the San Pedro Sula area, Tegucigalpa, and Marcala were all scheduled to …
Category: Organizing
Gildan T-Shirts are a Tight Fit for Workers in Honduras
San Pedro Sula ACORN in Honduras has almost one-hundred members in the town of El Progresso, one of the many maquila centers for out-of-country manufacturing companies on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula and this area which is the industrial heart of Honduras. Since the biggest employer is Gildan, the Montreal-based t-shirt and textile company …
“The Organizer” a Big Hit at the Festival des Libertes
Brussels Perhaps the most interesting question I have gotten at a screening of “The Organizer” in a long time came from Professor Philippe van Parijs of the University of Louvain in Belgium, a noted scholar long recognized over many decades as an expert and advocate of universal basic income. He asked a several part question, …