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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".

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Creating Global Capacity for Organizing and Campaigns

ACORN ACORN International December 15, 2014 by digital

Grenoble       Walking through the center of Grenoble my friends pointed out the statute in the plaza that heralded the French revolution. They reminded me that Grenoble took the pride of place in France that Boston, Concord, and Lexington claim in the American Revolution. Citizens began holding protest meetings and detailing their grievances with the regime …

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Republicans Can’t Shut Down Congress? Well, Let’s Take Some Licks at ACORN!

ACORN ACORN International National Politics December 12, 2014 by digital

London       Two cold, crisp, but clear days in London, so I should have known that it would be raining as I head for the 445 trains that will put me in France later this morning to meet with more groups.  One almost predicts the other.   Same for the Republicans, it seems.  The radicals don’t seem …

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Voter and Community Suppression Coming to United Kingdom

ACORN ACORN International Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Labor Organizing Voting Rights December 11, 2014 by digital

London    Talking to someone in the United Kingdom the other day, they made a comment that any new “bad” idea in the USA germinates for a couple of years and then pops up in a modified form in Britain.  Yikes! One good, bad example can be found in the new voter suppression policies that are …

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