The Cynicism of Emergency Aid for Puerto Rico

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01162020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNewark    There seem to be no limits to the vengeful pettiness of President Trump and his administration.  Nowhere is that clearer than looking at the deliberate obstacles placed in the way of Puerto Rico’s recovery – or lack of it – from Hurricane Maria in 2017 or …

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“Say Nothing” and “What You Have Heard is True”

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01122020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     Maybe we have gotten lucky and dodged widening the war in the Middle East after what seems like an impulse killing of one of Iran’s top generals and a key spymaster.  The full story is still unknown.  What were the threats that were so …

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All Tactics No Strategy:  Duck and Cover!

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01072020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       We saw the tactic swallow the strategy in the Occupy movement.  We just discussed the situation in Hong Kong over the last seven months where the tactics and adaptations have been brilliantly effective, but the strategy for victory is still unknown and perhaps tragically …

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