Remembering Geneva Evans

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River     Waking in the predawn I found a wonderful and moving email in my in-box from two brothers and comrades in our shared organizing trade and mission, Mike Gallagher and Keith Kelleher.  Mike sent along a poem he had written about the amazing Geneva Evans, an …

A New Year, A New Decade

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSan Juan     2020, nice round numbers with a good solid sound. A new year.  A new decade.  We always hope for the best and settle for the rest. Living in the United States, after three years of Trump-time, we’re just glad to have made it in one piece, …

The Tragedy of the UAW:  When Boss Culture Replaces Member Culture

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12262019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPonce, Puerto Rico     At the end of every year we are inundated with the best of this and the top ten of that in music, movies, books, sports, tech, politics, and, well, I guess, almost everywhere.  Rarely is there a list of the worst events of the …