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 As an interesting twist in the ACORN Canada head and lead organizers’ meeting, Judy Duncan, the head organizer, brought over one of the local organizers to brainstorm about the issues confronting one of our emerging tenants’ unions in a mid-sized building in the city. Ostensibly, the building was owned and run by a nonprofit, …
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 …