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".
Bilbao With 100,000 members, ELA, the Basque Labor Union, is the largest union in Spain’s Basque Country, which locals call South Basque compared to North Basque in the three provinces in France. Their size alone would make them a force to be reckoned with in this area of Spain, but as two of their …
Barcelona The key meetings for the Organizers’ Forum delegation on the second full day in Barcelona, were with Mujeres Plantes and the Invisible City. The first group in the center of the city specialized in assisting migrant women become registered and stabilized in the city. The second group turned out to be a series of …
Barcelona A number of the members of the Organizers Forum delegation were involved in various aspects of tenant organizing, including ACORN Canada, ACORN England/Wales, and Living Rent, so we were excited to meet with representatives of the Barcelona Tenants Union (Sindicat de Llogateres) who were part of their international working group. Felix and Marti …