Opportunity and Challenges in Hungary

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Dusseldorf   I knew just by reading the papers and some quick looks at the internet news that people and their organizations were facing severe political challenges in Hungary at the hands of a rightwing populist government, but two days of meetings with organizers and activists in Budapest left me excited about the huge opportunity our …

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Virginia Organizing is Trying to do Things Their Own Way

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues

New Orleans   Not too long ago Virginia Organizing, formally the Virginia Organizing Project, celebrated its twentieth anniversary of putting people together to build power for change in that state. You might think that was the occasion for some series planning and thinking about the future, but talking to Executive Director Joe Szakos on Wade’s World …

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