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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: October 2017

Russians Are Teaching the Perils of Social Media “Organizing”

Ideas and Issues October 31, 2017 by digital

New Orleans     Ok, now they’ve gone too far! Sure, like everyone I’ve tried to follow the noise and news about Russian interference in 2016 US elections. Not because I think their mischief and dirty tricks determined the results of the election, though I’m uncomfortably agreeing with President Trump on that score, but because, like …

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Silent Protests Continue to Have Weight

Ideas and Issues October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 by digital

New Orleans   The National Football League continues to hope that they can outlast the players and their use of their “platform” to communicate their deep feelings about the state of racial injustice and police brutality in the country, but it’s not going away.  In fact it seems fueled by the owners failure to understand the …

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A Story of Organizing and New Orleans Too Good Not to Share

Ideas and Issues October 29, 2017October 30, 2017 by digital

New Orleans   The lead story in one New Orleans paper, The Advocate, was about the harassment that is tragically commonplace in the New Orleans restaurant and service industry.  Another New Orleans paper, The Times-Picayune, in a several part feature had exposed the culture of harassment at the Besh Restaurant Group, employing more than a 1000 …

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