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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: February 2018

Simple Statements about Major Social Changes

Community Organizing February 10, 2018February 12, 2018 by digital

Santa Fe    We always say that the most important thing about organizing is listening carefully.  That’s how we learn. We were with friends and comrades having a good visit over an excellent home grilled meal and the conversation drifted, as it always should, to the state of play in social change and building power for …

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Tone Deaf on Domestic Abuse in the #MeToo Moment

Ideas and Issues February 9, 2018 by digital

Santa Fe   It is not unusual to refer to a Washington beltway bubble that misses what is going on in the rest of the country, although the Trump narrative is currently the opposite, but how in the world did the powers that be miss the clues that domestic abuse might be a huge, hot button …

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Airline Antics

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice February 8, 2018February 9, 2018 by digital

Albuquerque    Anyone who has flown recently knows something about the class divisions that are being strapped into the plane seats with the passengers.  I’m not talking just about the fares.  Almost everything is being tilted towards first class and the creation of various forms of steerage where people are forbidden to bring anything aboard the …

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