Sydney There is no way to ever say that you are really ready for a 14 1/2 flight, like the run United long hop from Los Angeles to Sydney, you should have to hunker down and make it and be buffeted by the excitement of a first time visit down under. For the last …
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Down Under Ghetto Premium
Los Angeles When you read this on Friday, I will be somewhere near Saturday flying across the Pacific to Sydney, Australia as part of the Organizers’ Forum delegation to yet another new country where few, if any, of us have ever been in order to find out what organizing looks like for workers and communities …
More Civil Rights for Disabled
New Orleans Whenever civil rights are expanded, it is a time for applause and attention, and yesterday in Congress by a near unanimous vote the rights of the disabled were significantly expanded. As always, this bill was a compromise, but for a change it was also a bit of corrective surgery, because the bill …