Berat We drove several hours south from Tirana to Berat, the 9th largest city in Albania. The city is along a river with a massive mountain, the 2nd highest in the country dominating the valley. A castle dating back to the 500 years of the Ottoman Empire’s rule, constructed with Byzantine architectural elements tops …
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When Politics Becomes a Barrier, Rather than Leverage
Thessaloniki I was lucky. With little time and information, people we had met in Brussels with contacts back home in Greece were able to pull together ten or so activists of various stripes and persuasions agreed to come together to learn about ACORN and community organizing on a Saturday evening in Thessaloniki, the second largest …