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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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Right Wing Rant

ACORN Ideas and Issues Personal Writings October 13, 2008 by wade

New Orleans        I may no longer work for ACORN directly, but having spent 38 years with that great organization, and now being a dues paying member and in the front row of its supporters, it is painful to read the clips these days and see how the right wing of the ranting Republican Party …

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Greeen Bans

ACORN Ideas and Issues International Labor Organizing September 22, 2008 by wade

Sydney        Amanda Tattersall, a well-known and regarded union and community organizer and researcher now a deputy assistant secretary of Unions New South Wales, opened up the official meetings of the Organizers’ Forum with a broad overview presentation of how market, government, and civil society forces had interacted over the last 200 years of Australian …

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More Civil Rights for Disabled

ACORN Ideas and Issues Personal Writings September 18, 2008 by wade

New Orleans        Whenever civil rights are expanded, it is a time for applause and attention, and yesterday in Congress by a near unanimous vote the rights of the disabled were significantly expanded.    As always, this bill was a compromise, but for a change it was also a bit of corrective surgery, because the bill …

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