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".
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 …
Bristol ACORN in England and Wales was forged in Bristol more than a half-dozen years ago. It was here where we had our first office, our first and founding organizers, and our first organizing drive in the Easton neighborhood. From that first meeting when members raised their hands to select the first campaign, and it was decided that …