An Organizer Looks at the Yellow Vest Movement in France

Chicago     There’s a lot of interest in the Yellow Vest movement in France.  Because ACORN has an affiliate there, we’re often asked what is really going on.  Yoan Pinaud, out head organizer in Aubervilliers for the Alliance Citoyenne ACORN, has been following the events closely and talked to many of the participants. We asked him to …

Kavanagh Nomination a Challenge to #MeToo Movement

Oakland   Flying into San Francisco from Denver there seemed to be people stopping in front of airport TV channels huddled around to read the scrolling headlines as Senators that had been in the middle from Alaska, Arizona, Maine, and West Virginia toppled to one side and then another.  Doing an interview late in the afternoon …

Answering the Hard Questions about Movements and Organizations

New Orleans    In Lafayette, Louisiana after the screening of the documentary, “The Organizer,” a question was phrased differently than I heard in New Orleans or Woodstock, New York, when I fielded questions after people watched the movie, but despite the sentence construction, the sentiment was much the same.  A woman asked, given the excitement and …