New Orleans I took a redeye from Buenos Aires to New York City last Friday night in order to fulfill a commitment to an old friend to be part of a conversation between some organizers and some mega-dome scholars and thinkers about social movements and the power of disruption and contention in creating social change. …
Category: Personal Writings
Korean Benchmark
Buenos Aires There’s talk about organizing globally, and then there’s the real deal. Thank to our friend and colleague Na Hyowoo in Korea, Peter Kuhns and his staff in Los Angeles is proving ACORN organizer training for Yang Jae Duk, who is the chair of the Unemployed and Relief Committee in Inchon City outside …
Writing on the Wal, Not Everyone Likes the Mart!
Buenos Aires ACORN’s India FDI Watch Campaign moved to a fever pitch this week with press conferences, meetings, and rallies in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Delhi to protest with scores of our allies among the parties, traders, unions, hawkers, and shopkeepers, the 24-hour India visit of Michael Duke of Wal-Mart with Bharti to discuss the terms …