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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".

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Pockets of Resistance in Courts and Streets

Federal Employees Protests March 6, 2025 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans      Supposedly, the opposition to Trump and Musk’s wholesale attack on all levels of government, disregarding the needs and well-being of the American people and public servants, is in disarray and divided as pundits observe the Democratic Party.  That may be true, but it seems that protests of different kinds are busting out …

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Another Day Living in Wonderland with the Mad Hatter

Solidarity Economics Tarriffs Trump March 5, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      President Trump engaged the country in 90-minutes of “me-time” in a rant before Congress, but that’s hardly news.  While the Republican side of the House rose in applause, the rest of the room, and world, continues to recoil in horror.  In the wide, wild world, some of the reaction is more personal …

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Weaponizing the Law, Texas Style

ACORN Immigrant Non-Profit Organizing Texas March 4, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      We don’t read much about it, because the news these days is so DC and Trump-centric, but if we really want to understand what a weaponized US Justice Department might look like in going after opponents without any pretense of following the rule of law or the Constitution, all we have to …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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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"

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