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/2020/11/CN11012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I’ve read a shelf of books about populism over the years from my heroes with the Texas Alliance to the embarrassment of Tom Watson’s racism in Georgia. As an organizer, I thought there was plenty to learn, and I’ve appreciated the lessons buried in the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN10312020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans We’re at Halloween, there’s a blue moon, and it’s a super-scary time with the election only days and hours away. What me worry? Hell, yes! I’m still fretting and fuming over various voter registration campaigns having, until very, very recently, ceded the work in …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans There was a special section in the New York Times recently where their reporters did a follow-up with workers from all around America that they had talked to during the pandemic to see how they were faring now. That was a super depressing read! …