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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".

Month: June 2005

Peru: Primera Reunion Grande

Community Organizing International Labor Organizing June 29, 2005 by wade

 Lima:  Palomino was a ranging complex of several thousand apartment units that had been built in the mid-1960’s as housing for workers by the government of the Municipality of Lima.  Families now owned their apartments, and given the economy of Peru over recent years, these units were now home to many generations of a family …

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WARN 1 — Wal-Mart 0

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues International Labor Organizing June 23, 2005 by wade

St. Petersburg:  Over recent months WARN assembled a community alliance that consisted of ACORN groups, civic associations, the Sierra Club, the local labor council, and a bunch of others to speak clearly to the city fathers of St. Petersburg, Florida, on the question of exactly why did Wal-Mart need to build a store on Gandy Road …

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ACORN Cleaning Up at 35 Years

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues June 23, 2005 by wade

New Orleans:  For the last several years ACORN has celebrated its anniversary in a way that seems totally consistent with the history and roots of the organization by organizing a National Neighborhood Clean-up Day.  For an organization with almost 800 community chapters whose membership is initially recruited and always remains committed to the grassroots where …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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