New Orleans The New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board broke up about 10-feet of the sidewalk in front of my house to do something with their pipes six months ago. Three months ago a truck with two of their workers parked in front of the house and looked at it without getting out of …
Tag: neo-liberalism
Mexico’s Assault on Workers and Visiting Neza
Mexico City The day started ominously in Mexico City as I walked at dawn towards the Zocalo. First the Alameda, one of my favorite parks in the world, was encased in a plastic, invisible wall indicating some form of construction for some indefinite amount of time. Then the Palacio Belles de Artes was blocked by …
Blowing the Students’ Keg: California, Quebec, and Chile
New Orleans This fall will undoubtedly see a huge number of students mobilized by the November election, but I’m starting to believe that the student army that is going to be activated this fall is going to be marching to a different tune for a change: their own self-interest. The evidence may be isolated, but …