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/2020/05/CN05282020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Speaking as an organizer, be careful what you wish for, if you’re hoping the pandemic means more online work and work from home, because it is easy to see even more obstacles ahead for work-based and union organizations. The more I read about schools …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05272020realone.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans There’s a very clear lesson emerging from all the news these days: keep your cellphone handy and learn how to press video record. It might not save your life, but it might bring you or someone else justice, and that’s still important. You can be …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Mutual aid or solidarity work has long been a feature of political activity in times of crisis and often at all times. ACORN affiliates around the world have been involved at different levels in such work as we have tried to respond to the …