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/2020/11/CN11132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsAtlanta It took five hours and half a tank of gas for me and two organizers for the ACORN Tenants Union in Atlanta to visit more than a dozen apartment complexes in five different counties around metro Atlanta and the perimeter. The day had started in misty …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11082020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River As part of the 50th anniversary of ACORN, we’ve talked to various leaders and organizers of ACORN over the years about their reflections on the organization and their time. In that vein we talked to Steuart Pittman on Wade’s World. Steuart recounted his path with …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11052020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I’ve been a fan of Moxie Marlinspike since I first became acquainted with his encryption work years ago. Ok, I admit, I also liked his name and his general thumb to the nose to the tech world, the military-industrial complex (remember them), and of …