Wade Rathke giving a lecture on Community Labor Organizing for the Working Class Studies Series at Youngstown State University. Youngstown, Ohio on March 20th, 2012.
Month: August 2012
Election Predictions around the Campfire
Rock Creek Put a bunch of community, labor, and political organizers along with retired political science profs around a roaring campfire in Montana, lubricate well, and I’ll guarantee you there will be political discussions and fiercely expressed predictions around the upcoming elections. First on tap was the local race with national impact, the re-election of …
Lessons of Disaster: Rebuilding After Katrina & in Springfield
Wade Rathke discusses similarities between Katrina rebuilding in New Orleans and rebuilding efforts of Springfield, Massachusetts tornadoes of 2011 with labor leaders and other activists at the Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO offices in Springfield on June 1st, 2012.