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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: Citizen Wealth

Workers and Expats Both Hungry for News and Change

ACORN International Citizen Wealth February 20, 2011 by wade

San Miguel de Allede The two groups that assembled to hear me speak about Citizen Wealth and ACORN International’s organizing and campaigns at the Workers University of Mexico (Universidad Obrera de Mexico) less than a kilometer from the Zocalo in Mexico City and then last night in the patio of the Center for Global Justice …

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“We know the way to Tahrir Square.”

ACORN International Citizen Wealth International February 12, 2011 by wade

San Pedro Sula Landing in Honduras I felt lost in a dark seam of time. No blackberries were working. The news was trailing the heat and humidity of the city. Finally able to connect in mid-afternoon, it appeared Mubarak’s last play had been trumped on the street, and he was gone. Speaking that night to …

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Elizabeth Warren Dancing on PayDay Lending and the Unbanked

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice February 5, 2011 by wade

New Orleans Candice Choi’s AP interview with Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren who is now organizing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for the Obama Administration shed both light and darkness on what is going on now in the 6-month run-up before the July 21st rule making powers of the agency take effect.   All of 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

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