Marching against Pesticides and the Resistance at Home

ACORN International France Protests

            Paris       We were on the move around the world this April Saturday, whether in countless cities across America in opposition to Trump and the many outrages of his new administration, or in other cities, like Paris, where I joined ACORN affiliate, Justice Ensemble, to protest and make demands around pesticides poisoning land and …

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Violent Resistance to Sugar Cane Union in Cameroon

ACORN International Cameroon Protests Strike Unions

           Mumbai           STRASCAS is the ACORN-affiliated union of sugar cane workers working in the plantations and processing facilities outside of Yaoundé in Cameroon.  This isn’t an easy to story to follow, but it’s an important one that I’ve mentioned briefly before.  Karina Bhatt, a reporter for the Caravel, a student paper at Georgetown University in …

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