Gatineau, Canada There may have been snow on the ground and freezing temperatures, but the ACORN Canada staff’s spring planning and training meeting was in full bloom in Gatineau, Quebec, the sister city across the river from Ottawa, Ontario. Several of the ACORN British Columbia organizers in their reports to start the sessions mentioned in …
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Power and Paradox of Cloward & Piven “Breaking the Bank” Strategy
Toronto Fran Piven is a brilliant scholar and political theorist, still vitally engaged at the cutting edges of her work while still affiliated with CUNY’s Graduate Center, and someone I count as colleague and friend over our 40 years. We spoke months ago. She called for advice about how to handle the sudden interest in …