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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04052020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River What do mass-based organizations and social movements do when their tactics of mass action, disruption, and street protests are impossible due to stay-at-home orders and social distancing? Do collective actions simply devolve into solitary moans on social media? No, never! Mass-based organizations assemble the base …
My advice to anyone stuck at home and bored is to think about how lucky you are to have food and shelter. While you’re bored, here’s my advice for a pick me up, and I’ll quote Dharmendra again,
“Kindly donate generously on ACORN International’s website to help us defeat hunger and defeat corona. All donations will go to feed migrants in India.”
Just say, “Delhi” on the PayPal memo.
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River In the Age of Trump and the Time of the Coronavirus, there seems to be constant speculation about what changes in our society, habits, and government might be permanent given our collective experience. Much of this is hyperbole. One pundit argued that he went “to …