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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: May 2011

Post-Disaster “Cleansing” in Alabama

National Politics May 31, 2011May 31, 2011 by wade

New Orleans Once you start looking, it’s hard to avoid the patterns, even in the worst of tragic disasters caused by hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes.  The American version of “ethnic cleansing” where such devastations are used to rationalize the elimination or, as they would call it, the “rebalancing” of racial and class constituencies, is perhaps …

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Treme for Tourists: The Shell of the City Set to Music

ACORN Personal Writings Rebuild New Orleans May 30, 2011May 30, 2011 by wade

New Orleans Henry Butler, the well known New Orleans piano player, and his music were featured on the Treme episode in the regular HBO Sunday slot.  Early in the show, he said it was “good to be home.”  In the real world of post-Katrina, Butler had showed up with thousands of others on the porch …

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Holder and DOJ Need to Act to Stop Voter Suppression on Steroids

ACORN Voting Rights May 29, 2011 by wade

New Orleans An lead article in the Sunday New York Times was a wan effort to footnote the partisan efforts of Republicans controlling an increasing number of state legislatures to suppress the ability and access to voting for lower income citizens, elderly, infirm, and others without current picture identifications.  There was a weakly researched editorial …

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