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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: April 2013

Misleading Information on Cost of Remittances is Irresponsible

Ideas and Issues April 30, 2013April 30, 2013 by digital

Little Rock   The good news for the Remittance Justice Campaign in recent weeks has been significant.  The bill was reintroduced in Ontario to cap the cost of remittances at 5% in line with the G-8 large industrial countries and World Bank goals.  Studies by students at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and the Georgia State …

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The New Battlegrounds for Disability Rights

Organizing April 29, 2013April 29, 2013 by digital

New Orleans  Sometimes in organizing we can see bits and pieces that seem isolated from place to place start to come together more firmly into something that might be greater than the sum of some small parts.  Perhaps this is happening now for advocates and adherents of disability rights over the issues of accommodation in …

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The Drunken Race to Hook Africans on Beer

ACORN International Citizen Wealth International April 28, 2013April 28, 2013 by digital

New Orleans  In Nariobi the question in a bar that always made you step back and think if you ordered a beer was whether you wanted it cold or warm, meaning at room temperature.   Given the state of refrigeration and the cost of electricity in the country, so many people had gotten used to drinking beer …

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