New Orleans Bleary eyed from an 18-hour trip to Chicago, I opened the Times-Picayune early and glancing at the Metro section saw that a conservative, Republican-leaning, New Orleans City Councilwoman was trying to cut off funding to someone because of what she was saying was a “racist threat.” Something like that attracts the …
Category: Protests
The Island of Buenos Aires
New Orleans Newscasts and news reports are full of discussion about the twin problems of fuel price increases and food shortages around the globe. Most center on steps being taken in India or Malaysia or elsewhere, but visiting with Ercilia Sahores, ACORN’s Latin American director, before her flight home this weekend underlined how universal …
On the Streets of Seoul
New Orleans The biggest demonstrations in Korea in 20 years are now on the streets of Seoul. More than 20,000 pushed towards the government offices the other day. The spark has been the importation of beef from the United States and ostensibly the threat of “mad cow” disease, but the undercurrent seems more deeply to …