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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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Two-Party Government

ACORN Community Organizing Ideas and Issues October 20, 2007 by wade

Detroit      There is a an argument that might be made, even if it is difficult to survive in practice, that there is a strength that could be found in ACORN’s leadership governance from something that works almost like a two-party system with an Administration Party and a Opposition Party. The theory would follow …

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Undermining the Liberal Consensus

ACORN International Personal Writings October 17, 2007 by wade

 London        It had been a classically London day from the movies.  The rain had been steady and chilly since 8 AM in the morning.  Thanks to a Houston Astros hat and British Columbia raingear, I was fine except for soggy toes on what Jerry Jeff Walker used to call my “manly footwear.”      …

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Hotel Kamp and Russian Marines

ACORN Ideas and Issues International Personal Writings October 9, 2007 by wade

Helsinki         The man from Nokia said to meet him at the Hotel Kamp in the lobby, it was a landmark hotel right on the Esplanadi, the main downtown walkway going to the sea in Helsinki. It was easy to find, though my first lobby, elegant, ancient and refined, turned out to be the …

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