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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".

Justice Isn’t Blind, It’s Partisan

Justice October 11, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      Rule of law?  Poppycock!  If you believe justice is blind, you have your eyes closed.  If you haven’t figured this all out by keeping up with the daily news, let the rest of us know if here’s more room in the bubble you’re living in, because the evidence of the opposite is …

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Killing the Economy with Low Wages and Low Welfare

Economics October 10, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      Every once in a while, in trying to understand oppositional arguments from conservative economists, I try to wrap my head around their arguments.  This is especially hard these days in the US in the middle of the governmental shutdown, which of course is less about economics than it is about power, the …

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Will the Future Union Members Wear White Collars?

Organizing Unions October 9, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans       A Washington Post article caught my eye saying, “The future of white-collar work may be unionized.”  Really, I thought to myself, in what dream cycle, what’s up with this? Some of this is just a logical statement of fact.  Blue collar work, especially in manufacturing, continues to decline, and construction unions …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

03/18/2021

Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

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