New Orleans A group called Food not Bombs has been feeding homeless people in Orlando a couple of times per week in public parks over recent years. The Orlando City Council after complaints from park neighbors passed a restrictive ordinance a couple of years ago requiring a $25 permit for any group to offer public …
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Whistleblowers and Wiki-leaks: Hater Talk, Half-Step Walk
New Orleans Reading the long story in The New Yorker recently, it was clear that Thomas A. Drake was no dream employee at National Security Agency (NSA), but it was even more obvious that trying to convict him of the Espionage Act was ridiculous, so seeing him plead out on a misdemeanor deal is probably …
Diplomats and Democracy Need Wikileaks: Tunisia Case Study!
New Orleans As organizers we learn to accept the fact that even when our members don’t win exactly what they demanded, change often comes behind the lines of our demands, because of our active and aggressive pursuit of the issues: a half-a-loaf cannot be won without a fight for the whole loaf. But in the …