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/2020/06/CN06272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsAtlanta Every six months or so in recent years we have been pulling together community, labor, and political organizers, mostly in Europe and the United Kingdom, to share perspectives and organizing experiences. Until the pandemic, we had met several times in Amsterdam. Now we convened on Zoom …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Watchwords for all of us in this work have always included “know your enemy” and “keep them close.” It is impossible to keep up in these days and times with all the right’s rage and social media screed, but some effort has to be …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans A common occurrence on the road to freedom from the “peculiar institution” of slavery, as some termed it, was yet another promise broken. General Sherman’s promise of “40 acres and mule” to allow former slaves to gain economic stability rather than starting with nothing …