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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 2012

Quiet Horror of Condo Associations in Housing Collapse

Foreclosure June 24, 2012 by digital

Toronto   I’m not saying that everyone is asleep at the switch on what is happening in condos in the housing crises of the Great Recession, but I think we can all agree that the issue is not front and center.  Fair enough? Nonetheless, when housing foreclosures rob any notion of the “ownership” society that President Bush …

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Breadlines: The Impact of Budget Cuts on Citizen Wealth

Citizen Wealth June 23, 2012 by digital

Toronto   If anyone really wants to know what the impact of Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget proposals, Tea Party harangues, and Republic policy propositions would be for working people, it might be worth taking a look at the impact of the current austerity program in Britain under the conservative government there.  A friend in Toronto sent me …

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Whither Wikileaks? Assange Taking his Show on the Road to Ecuador?

Ideas and Issues June 22, 2012June 22, 2012 by digital

Toronto   Quito is a fascinating mile-high city and Ecuador is a very interesting country.  I have many friends there and have worked with them for years to try and figure a way that ACORN could support organizing there.  One day, as we say!  I also have a lot of respect for President Rafael Correa …

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