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".
Glasgow The one-hundred so-called world leaders had their say at COP26 in Scotland, and now it was the time for voices from the rest of the world to have theirs, not in the sessions, but on the streets. Organizers were predicting that 100,000 would march under a unified banner demanding more effective and immediate action on …
Leeds The highlight of my day in Leeds was accompanying Dave Aldwinkle, one of ACORN’s national organizers in England, along with the Leeds Branch Chair, Branch Secretary, and Branch Membership Officer, to an anti-eviction planning meeting. Aleksandra and Arkadiusz, were originally from Poland, but had been living in the flat for 13 years …
Glasgow ACORN’s affiliate in Scotland is the Living Rent Union which has offices in both Edinburgh and Glasgow and branches and members elsewhere in this part of the United Kingdom. Walking to our office from the central train station, the national coordinator Emma Saunders warned me that their offices were near St. George’s Square …