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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11152019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock On the Peoples’ Daily News that I do for the Affiliated Media Foundation Movement (AM/FM) and all of our stations, I scrounge the daily papers for factoids and news bits that might interest our listeners and give them a brief sense of the fine hands …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11142019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock JT Tarpley approached us out of the blue three years ago with a wild and crazy idea. He wanted to make a documentary about KABF, our 100,000-watt noncommercial radio station broadcasting throughout central Arkansas. This was during the time of troubles in the wake of …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11132019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGreenville Some months ago I was reading about the demise of a significant social service and advocacy organization. A former executive director, David Tobis, who had also written a book about the organization and was one of its founders was quoted saying, “Movements start, they rise, they …