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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 2013

Land and Community Struggles in Choloma

ACORN ACORN International International Organizing May 31, 2013May 31, 2013 by digital

San Pedro Sula   Our ACORN International delegation spent our first day visiting with members and leaders of ACORN Honduras in the abutting city of Choloma where we have almost a half-dozen affiliated organizations.  Choloma is an industrial suburb to an industrial city.  The motto on the signs as the bus crossed into Choloma called the …

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Walmart, the Environmental Criminal, Too

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

San Pedro Sula  Walmart was very good some years ago at trying to split progressive ranks by pretending to care deeply about its environmental footprint even as it rough handled its workforce by underpaying women, busted unions, and settled millions of dollars for practicing wage theft.  They were going to listen supposedly.   They were going …

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Alinsky in Japan? Mystery Solved!

Ideas and Issues Organizing May 29, 2013May 29, 2013 by digital

 Houston  We wondered if we couldn’t definitively solve the mystery intriguing our friend and colleague, Ken Yamazaki, the other day about whether or not, Saul Alinsky, the legendary community organizer from Chicago, had ever visited Japan.  Ken was certain that was the case, but others, it turned out including Mike Miller of the Organize Training …

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