An Experiment and a Protest in Shantytown for Homeless
With 16 huts cobbled together from plywood, discarded closet doors and cardboard, Umoja is a shantytown in the shadow of the biggest construction boom Miami has seen since the 1920s. Started in October by an advocate for low-income housing, it is part social protest and part social experiment, with nightly meetings where decisions on whether to evict people or how to split up chores are determined by consensus.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011607P.shtml
Unlikely Allies Advocate Healthcare Overhaul
Today, the president of the Service Employees International Union will stand with the director of the Business Roundtable, which represents the nation's leading corporations, to announce one campaign to overhaul health care.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011607O.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011607P.shtml
Unlikely Allies Advocate Healthcare Overhaul
Today, the president of the Service Employees International Union will stand with the director of the Business Roundtable, which represents the nation's leading corporations, to announce one campaign to overhaul health care.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011607O.shtml
rudkla - 16. Jan, 22:16
