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".
New Orleans I’m not going to say that we weren’t warned. Trump has been beating the war drums about Venezuela for months. The US has been shooting small motorboats and their crews, like ducks on the water, for months, while making unverified claims about whether they were drug runners. The US had built …
Mexico City A little after 7am, suddenly alarms were blaring on our phones as I tried to translate the Spanish text. I looked quickly, and could tell it was serious. We were on the fifth floor, but I could hear sirens outside going full blast. It looked like the buses in the median …
San Angel We were lucky two months ago when two delegates from one of ACORN’s newest affiliates, only a year-old, had obtained visas to attend our annual organizers and leaders meeting in Brussels. The Palestinian Solidarity Coordinating Committee (PSCC) works in five communities on the West Bank. Given Israel’s tight control, getting a visa …