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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: Financialization

Inflation Blame Game is Tricky

Corporate Responsibility Disparities Financialization July 28, 2022July 26, 2022 by digital

            New Orleans       Driving from Houston to New Orleans only days ago, we ran into gas stations that were selling for $3.59 per gallon at the pump.  In and around New Orleans, we saw prices between $4.19 and $3.69.  That’s a pretty big spread.  For a lower income family that could add up to …

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Rolling Jubilee

Debt Financialization Justice Strike July 16, 2022July 15, 2022 by digital

            New Orleans      We’ve talked about some of this before, but it’s such a great story, it’s worth retelling for any who haven’t heard it.  I was reminded of the great effort by US debt activists reading a piece recently in Mother Jones that hit all the right notes quickly from start to Occupy …

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Financialized Housing

ACORN International Canada Financialization Housing June 23, 2022 by digital

            Atlanta             The highlight of an ACORN convention since the first one in Memphis in 1978 has been the big action on the last day, and true to form that was also the case in Montreal. ACORN Canada members and leaders found the perfect target for the “Make Housing Our Right!”  The headquarters of …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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