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".
Stoney Lake, Ontario The ACORN Canada organizers spent a lot of time on their agenda discussing various strategies to implement retrofits by our members in Eco-Tenant Unions organizing and pressuring landlords to get the job done. In the discussion, a common complaint surfaced. Where the tenants paid the water utility, called hydro in …
Washington Haiti seems snakebit. Hurricanes, assassinations, corruption, gang control, vigilante killings, the list goes on and on. Presidents Bush (the first) and Clinton try to raise money for rebuilding, and the problems persist. The United Nations goes in and becomes part of the problem. Days ago, someone is finally held accountable for killing the …
Toronto As an interesting twist in the ACORN Canada head and lead organizers’ meeting, Judy Duncan, the head organizer, brought over one of the local organizers to brainstorm about the issues confronting one of our emerging tenants’ unions in a mid-sized building in the city. Ostensibly, the building was owned and run by a nonprofit, …