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/2019/10/CN10252019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSan Pedro Sula In almost any work on social movements and social change organizations, authors are usually crystal clear: protest is an exercise of the powerless. Contemporary politics may be turning this world of certainty upside down. In recent years we have already seen “walkouts” become popular …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10232019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans A question posed recently by a one of my favorite op-ed columnists, Michelle Goldberg of the New York Times, was essentially, “where have all of the protestors gone?” It wasn’t exactly her question, but close enough. She marveled at the number of mass actions …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/CN10192019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Soon I will be in Honduras for the annual general meeting of Honduras ACORN and will get to visit with our leaders and organizers in San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa, Marcela, and La Ceiba. Doing the preparation calls, all the talk and chatter on email …