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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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Class Act

ACORN Ideas and Issues Personal Writings February 1, 2008 by wade

New Orleans        John Edwards not only said and talked more about class, equity, and the continuing struggle against poverty, but he also was a class act in every way.  When his people reached out and said that he was going to be speaking in the upper 9th Ward about poverty, New Orleans ACORN members …

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Rural Organizing Book

ACORN Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Personal Writings January 29, 2008 by wade

New Orleans     This is a preview of coming attractions. In the next few weeks Social Policy, the quarterly magazine of opinion and information, will publish its first volume under its own imprint. This book is a collection of essays compiled by the long experienced organizer from Virginia and Kentucky, Joe Szakos and his wife, …

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Citiies Stepping it Up

ACORN Financial Justice Ideas and Issues Personal Writings January 28, 2008 by wade

New Orleans        Mayors are stepping into the foreclosure fight because they are saying the same thing as ACORN members:  foreclosures hurt our communities!        Perhaps the best example of cities stepping forward might be found in the Twin Cities.  At ACORN’s urging the Minneapolis City Council in recent weeks passed a resolution asking for …

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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"

Italian Interview with Wade

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