New Orleans Several years ago the Organizers Forum visited Managua and several other cities in Nicaragua to assess the status of the country and its civil society in the years since the revolution. Now the government is undergoing fierce street protests led by students. We received this report forwarded from friends to friends offering a …
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Crossing Paths with Clean Water Action
New Orleans It isn’t exactly the answer to a popular trivia question, but there might be some head scratching by outsiders, someone from Mars, or an earnest future researcher trying to puzzle out an answer to the question of how a multi-year and multi-layered partnership developed between ACORN and Clean Water Action. As always, there’s …
Strikes Against Charters, Amateurism, Disinvestment and DeVos/Trump Agenda
New Orleans Reporters and commentators don’t know what to make of the anger and activism of teachers who are flipping the red-state script and taking job actions, with and without their unions, to directly target governors and legislators in Oklahoma, North Carolina, West Virginia, and likely Arizona. West Virginia teachers were out nine days …