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/CN06212020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Pearl River A lesson close to the heart for every organizer is the importance of numbers. An organization can live and die on the numbers. Rising numbers are a sign of health, falling numbers are a flashing yellow caution light. Good organizers learn quickly at their …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06202020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River The big reveal on protests now is an admission of what many have known or suspected for years: domestic surveillance is real and it’s all around us. According to press reports, the Department of Homeland Security deployed helicopters, airplanes and drones over 15 cities …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans President Trump in replying to withering criticism of his initial decision to hold a Covid-19 campaign rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth claimed he was doing African-Americans a favor, because “no one has every heard of it.” Besides showing his general indifference to anything outside …