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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: January 2006

500+ and Counting on Home Clean-out!

ACORN Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Personal Writings January 29, 2006 by wade

New Orleans      Today was another big day. More than 100 volunteers were part of the ACORN Services clean-up crews working in the 70117 zip code of the 9th Ward of New Orleans, just west of the Industrial Canal. Today’s full court press might mean 10-15 houses get done before the fall of the sun. …

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FEMA Trailers Arrive

ACORN Community Organizing Personal Writings January 28, 2006 by wade

New Orleans      Yesterday was a big day for a small reason here on Elysian Fields at the ACORN office. Five months after the storm, finally two FEMA trailers ordered for our staff arrived. They were slightly different, but both were essentially big, white boxes on wheels. One had a couple of windows more than …

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What Wal-Mart Can’t Buy

Financial Justice International WalMart January 27, 2006 by wade

New Orleans        It must be rough being the world’s largest corporation and largest employer and still having these old school institutions get in your way.  Governments are so pesky.  You would think we would have found something new in these modern times.  Alan Greenspan, Mr. Federal Reserve and Mr. Financial Establishment, decided to oppose the …

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