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".
Pearl River Earlier this year, I had gotten a message on Facebook from an ACORN member in England. Besides his activity with ACORN, he was also active in the environmental group, Extinction Rebellion, which has become well known in recent years for its aggressive actions highlighting the urgency of confronting climate change. He said …
New Orleans I was talking to an old comrade, friend, and Local 100 organizer from back-in-the-day, Jon Barton, who among other things heads up the climate initiatives for the SEIU, the giant US-based Service Employees International Union. He had mentioned in an interview for Wade’s World how seriously the union was taking the …
New Orleans One of the many challenges for climate change campaigners is target selection. Arguably, there are too many. Where do you start? When do you stop? Of course, there’s the fossil fuel industry and the big oil, gas, and coal operators that are its corporate face. They are almost too big, requiring …