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".
San Pedro Sula There’s no agreement in Honduras about much except the fact that the economy continues lagging and unemployment is acute, government is inept, and corruption is rampant. Getting specifics past these general statements is a longer climb. The big topic on all tongues is the conviction of the President’s brother in a jury …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10252019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSan Pedro Sula In almost any work on social movements and social change organizations, authors are usually crystal clear: protest is an exercise of the powerless. Contemporary politics may be turning this world of certainty upside down. In recent years we have already seen “walkouts” become popular …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10242019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsHouston Call me crazy, but I think this would be fun. I noticed a brief blurb in the “news” section of the recent Science magazine. It heralded the discovery by astronomer Scott Shepherd of twenty additional moons orbiting around the planet Saturn. I had not realized there …