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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: February 2007

Rampaging Rich!

Ideas and Issues Personal Writings February 28, 2007 by wade

Los Angeles We knew it was out of control, but the centering of culture and comment around greed allows such roaring voices to seem privileged even when there are no connections to other headgear — like the brain. David Geffen’s remark to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd says it all for the early days …

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Anti-War Movement?

Ideas and Issues Personal Writings February 27, 2007 by wade

New Orleans I took a redeye from Buenos Aires to New York City last Friday night in order to fulfill a commitment to an old friend to be part of a conversation between some organizers and some mega-dome scholars and thinkers about social movements and the power of disruption and contention in creating social change. …

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Korean Benchmark

ACORN International Personal Writings February 27, 2007 by wade

Buenos Aires    There’s talk about organizing globally, and then there’s the real deal.     Thank to our friend and colleague Na Hyowoo in Korea, Peter Kuhns and his staff in Los Angeles is proving ACORN organizer training for Yang Jae Duk, who is the chair of the Unemployed and Relief Committee in Inchon City outside …

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