Real Community Organizations with a Base Step Up in a Crisis

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03222020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River     There are so many things about the response to the coronavirus crisis that remind me of the response to Hurricane Katrina and its devastation of New Orleans and parts of the Gulf Coast.  Mostly, that’s not a good thing, because the governmental response was horrifically …

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The Future of the Labour Party’s Community Organizing Program

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01242020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsBristol      In the aftermath of the devastating loss experienced by the Labour Party in the United Kingdom recently, everything is up for grabs as politicians, parliamentarians, activists, and others sort through the rubble to rebuild.  Jeremy Corbyn, who had led a resurgence in the party’s membership …

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Figuring Out Which Companies are Naughty or Nice

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12132019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsQuebec City    Even as the Brexit landslide seemed to be building in the formerly United Kingdom, the European Union leadership was piecing together an ambitious plan to achieve climate goals by 2050.  Their plan was to reach net-zero in carbon emissions at that point in a sweeping …

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