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/2020/10/CN10132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans My ears perked up as I was listening to a radio broadcaster in Austin relate a story about a novel and dangerous police crowd control tactic used to break up a demonstration. In his telling, a mobile squad of police bicycle cops swooped down …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10122020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I’ll admit when I find myself agreeing, almost point by point, with Ross Douthat, the conservative columnist for the New York Times, I have to put my head in my hands for a temperature check to make sure I’m still of sound mind and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10112019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River The Grassroots Radio Coalition is a loose confederation of various progressive community radio stations around the country. We got involved with them when, to our surprise, they had an annual gathering in Hot Springs, Arkansas, of all places a couple of years ago. Then, …