Amerikkka? (Part 1)

The following people have agreed to serve as the Board of the Organizers' Forum: • Andy Stern, President, Service Employees International Union, Washington DC • Mark Splain, Special Assistant, Department of Organizing, AFL-CIO, San Francisco/DC • Mary Gonzales, Associate Director, Gamaliel Foundation, Chicago • John Calkins, Executive Director, Direct Action Research Training, Miami • Miguel Contreras, President, Los Angeles County AFL-CIO, Los Angeles • Rev. Jim Sessions, Executive Director, Union Community Fund, Knoxville/DC • Ken Johnson, Southern Regional Director, AFL-CIO, Atlanta • Drummond Pike, President, Tides Foundation, San Francisco • Pat Sweeney, Executive Director, Western Org Resource Councils, Billings, MT • Michael Kieschnick, President, Working Assets Funding Service, San Francisco • Tho Thi Do, Secretary-Treasurer, Local #2, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE), San Francisco • Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director, Center for Community Change (CCC), Washington DC • Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Executive Officer, South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council & Executive Director, Working Partnerships, USA, San Jose, CA • Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer, ACORN, HOTROC, & SEIU 100, New Orleans http://organizersforum.org/index.php?id=351 [From Pravda] The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez harshly criticised his US counterpart George W. Bush for his action after the disaster caused by the hurricane Katrina in the southern coast of the United Sates and offered $1 million in aid to support rescue operations. Last week, the Latin American leader called Bush a cowboy who had failed to manage the emergency and evacuate victims. (See: Chavez Sends Aid to Katrina Victims -- but why does Pravda also spread porn and "news" about Little Green Men From Mars?) http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/16100_Chavez.html