Newcastle My whistle-stop tour of England and Scotland is finally winding down but doing so with a roar. In Newcastle a great crowd, breaking fifty people, streamed into the “proper” cinema at the Side Gallery, grabbing samosas and drinking box wine before the screening of “The Organizer.” As a special treat, I got to sit …
Category: Organizing
Excitement Stirring Over a Mass-Based Party’s Potential
Edinburgh Unison is the 2nd largest union in the United Kingdom with a giant membership throughout the country in a wide variety of workplaces. The screening of The Organizer and a chance to meet members of ACORN’s affiliate, Living Rent, and ACORN Scotland, brought people together in one of Unison’s meeting rooms in the top …
Co-Working Space as a Social Enterprise
Sheffield Another day, more train cancellations, colder temperatures and snow flurries as the train moved north. We had stood up from Bristol to Birmingham as all of us crowded into every nook and cranny in order to fit into the train, so it was almost a relief to finally sit and look out the window, …