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".
Toronto Flying into Toronto, there were many surprises on a clear, cold day. The first was being reminded that it was baseball’s opening day, even as March Madness is reaching its climax, and we scan the daily NBA standings to see if the Pelicans are safely in the playoffs. The second surprise was how easy …
New Orleans There have been massive protests and rolling strikes in France seeking to stop French president Macron from unilaterally raising the pension age from 62 to 64. There have been three months of mass protests in Israel over Prime Minister Netanyahu and his latest far right coalition’s effort to appoint judges and ignore …
Little Rock In Delhi, I spent an hour or so talking to a veteran union leader and organizer, formerly a member of the executive in the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) talking about the effort to organize one of the many warehouses Amazon was running in East Delhi in Uttar Pradesh in the capital …