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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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Its a Movement

Community Organizing Health Care Ideas and Issues November 11, 2006 by wade

Delhi  This is what we’re talking about! We join with the editors of the Springfield News-Leader: OUR VOICE Wage hike sends clearest message on Election Day Working class deserves attention. It’s the economy, stupid. Never was the advice of a former adviser to Bill Clinton so clear as it was in Missouri on Election Day. Voters …

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Voting Results from Home Base

ACORN Community Organizing November 9, 2006 by wade

Chicago   There was good news from Pine Bluff and bad news from Little Rock in the wake of the election. The ACORN initiated minimum wage increase for municipal employees in Pine Bluff won overwhelmingly by a 75-25% margin, which must have shocked them out of their shoes down there on the Arkansas River as the …

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5,000,000 Say Yes on Wages!

ACORN Community Organizing Ideas and Issues November 8, 2006 by wade

New Orleans    More than 5 Million voters marched into polls on Election Day and resoundingly voted in favor of minimum wage increases in Missouri, Ohio, Colorado, and Arizona as all four ACORN backed propositions won handily.   The size and scale of the victories should fuel red-hot pressure on the newly elected Congress to significantly – and …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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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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