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 …
Category: Protests
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 …
Schooling Subprime Servicers
New Orleans ACORN has been heavily engaged in discussions for months with various servicers of subprime mortgages in order to develop the ways and means to prevent foreclosures. There have been negotiations, meetings, actions, and everything else as we try to herd all of major companies into agreements, many of which are close to …