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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

Red Teams and Fifty Rupee Balls

International National Politics May 5, 2011 by wade

New Orleans Like many I’ve read the Osama Bin Laden deathwatch and Seal 6 commando raid stories, word for word, and line by line.  I’ve found it fascinatingly educational. Reading Leon Panetta, the USA CIA director’s accounts of the search for Bin Laden, I found it telling that one of the last steps before presenting …

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First Past the Post – Majority Does Not Rule

Ideas and Issues May 4, 2011 by wade

Vancouver Sharing election night with my friends in Vancouver was a wild and bittersweet experience.  Earlier in the day hopes had soared on speculation of a rising number of seats being won by the New Democratic Party (NDP) which for some time has been the progressive voice of Canadians and the likelihood that they might …

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Canadian Farm Workers Court Setback but Workers’ Rights Advance

ACORN International Canada May 3, 2011 by wade

Vancouver The election news was hard last night, even though there was a lot of “on the one hand, and on the other hand,” because the Conservative, hard right party won a majority and a 5-year guarantee on federal political control.  On the other hand, the New Democratic Party (NDP) after 50 years became the …

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