February « 2011 « Wade Rathke: Chief Organizer Blog

“We know the way to Tahrir Square.”

San Pedro Sula Landing in Honduras I felt lost in a dark seam of time. No blackberries were working. The news was trailing the heat and humidity of the city. Finally able to connect in mid-afternoon, it appeared Mubarak’s last play had been trumped on the street, and he was gone.

Speaking that night to twenty [...]

Spontaneous? No Way! Organizers Speak in Egypt

Tahrir Square

Houston You know the old saying, “If I had a hundred dollars for every time,” blah, blah, blah. We’ll if I had a $100 for every time Anderson Cooper or someone on CNN or Fox or any of the other pundits, reporters, or talking heads told the story of the demonstrations in Cairo [...]

Michelle’s Fitness Program and No School Lunches?

New Orleans Michelle Obama is doing a great high-profile job around children’s fitness and obesity. These are health issues that are critical in the community and deserve full support.

But, how do we reconcile the fact that at the same time we’re reading about her initiatives here, we are also reading about children being dunned, [...]

Power of Deep Engagement: Familia Anclada, Wards, & Committees

When Obama was working at the neighborhood level

New Orleans According to a fascinating article by Damien Cave in the New York Times the families that have hunkered down and stayed in the Ciudad Juarez warzone in Mexico directly across the Rio from El Paso in Texas are frequently headed by generations of women [...]

Revolution for the Masses, Leaders for the Media

New Orleans If the commentary on TV and in print about Egypt were not so ridiculous, pathetic, tragic, and misinformed about such deadly serious business as freedom, revolution, and regime change, it would actually be funny.

I listened to a blip on CNN on the way to the Hornets game last night with my son [...]

Remembering Carlos Guerra and La Raza Unida

New Orleans I was sitting in a staff meeting two weeks ago and casually mentioned that my friend Carlos Guerra had said to me on [...]

Elizabeth Warren Dancing on PayDay Lending and the Unbanked

New Orleans Candice Choi’s AP interview with Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren who is now organizing the Consumer [...]

More Wildness: Media Matters and the Daily Show

New Orleans Being on the road is a little like having a “delay switch” on information and the mess and mayhem of life and business. I used to joke years ago about one way to hide information from me was to send it through an attachment! And, so it is [...]

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