New Orleans Several years ago the Organizers’ Forum (www.organizersforum.org) delegation visited an Indonesia meeting with organizers from community based groups and unions throughout the country. These were times of change in the aftermath of authoritarian regimes, as citizens organized to express newly won rights and entitlements. We were particularly impressed with the Urban …
Category: Personal Writings
St. Claude Court
New Orleans It was a happy day for Cleveland Turner and his family as they finally got ready to move back home to St. Claude Court on the river side of St. Claude Avenue in the lower 9th Ward. It had been a job, but a unique partnership of ACORN, the United Auto Workers …
Sheep’s Head and Kidnapping
New Orleans President Bush and Secretary of State Condelezza Rice are in the news revising policy and support for the Palestinian government of President Abbas. Given their even worse feelings about Hamas, the totally confusing situation in the borderlands, struggles in the Middle East involving Israel and the Palestinians have entered another level of …