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/2020/05/CN05012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River May Day traditionally has been marked around the world with workers marching under the banners of their unions and labor-friendly political parties. In the USA, Labor Day marks the end of the summer, rather than the advent of spring, which has been celebrated since pagan …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Losing your job through layoffs or even temporarily in a furlough is a terrible thing. For years, state unemployment divisions, under the brutal thumbs of corporate dominated conservative legislatures and governors have seen it as their jobs to make it as hard as possible to …
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