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".
Mumbai The Adani Group is huge in India. They run ports, airports, construction, and more. ACORN and many others are toe-to-toe with them over their plans to develop Dharavi, the megaslum in the city center where we have worked for the last more than fifteen years. Recently, they were in the news for some accounting …
Delhi In the Hawkers Joint Action Committee, we have several thousand members in Delhi that have joined in the last two years. Several of the longtime organizers, one with seven years and another with ten years working with us, shared the details of the struggles and successes during that period with me in the …
Delhi Amazon has gotten very big in India. Walmart, our longtime nemesis, through its purchase of Flipcart, has joined Amazon in a fierce competition to dominate e-commerce in the country. In a partnership with UNI, the global labor federation, and the nascent Amazon India Workers Association, ACORN and its affiliate, Janaphal, have been supporting …