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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".

Category: ACORN

Going Deep with Dollar Store Workers

ACORN Dollar Stores Labor February 17, 2023 by Chief Organizer

Atlanta        Working with an energetic and committed team of Masters of Social Work or MSWs, as more commonly known, in their final capstone project, we sat down in a conference room at Georgia State University to do a time and temperature check in the early weeks of our collaboration.  We had been speaking almost …

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Unions on the Offense and Defense

ACORN Amazon Unions Workers February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans –  What’s up with unions in 2023?  Last year, we wondered if workers unionizing was a moment or a movement.  This year where do we stand?  Are unions on the offense or defense?  Or, both? The victory of the Amazon Labor Union in Staten Island, New York, and hundreds of Starbucks cafes winning …

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Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards and ACORN

ACORN Housing February 2, 2023 by Chief Organizer

             New Orleans     Atlantic Yards was the train yard that became a huge development site over twenty years ago in Brooklyn, New York, at a time then, as now, where affordable housing was at premium.  ACORN in New York was involved in constant housing campaigns, as it had been for decades before the …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

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