WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Barcelona In the first meeting of this year’s Organizers’ Forum delegation, we met David Karavala, one of the leaders and spokespeople for an organization called World Against Racism and Fascism in the back room of a bar near the city center. Over two hours, we not only learned about his organization, but in doing …
Barcelona In the United States, 9/11 stands for the attack that hit the New York City Twin Towers, killing thousands, and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 2026 commemorated the 25th anniversary of that attack. Survivors, former presidents and mayors, and many others made appearances as well as Mayor Mamdani and Trump. Mamdani’s remarks hit …
New Orleans It took me several passes at the current New Yorker before I was able to bring myself to sit still and calmly read the long article on the siege of Minneapolis last winter by Trump’s ICE shock troops. One of the pull quotes in the piece noted that for ICE this …