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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".

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Poor Give More

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues International May 25, 2009May 25, 2009 by wade

Ocean Springs The poor are more generous that the rich, and in fact the poorer you are, the more likely a larger portion of your income is given to others. For the poor experience drives empathy and action. For the rich it turns out that talk is in fact cheap. Quoting from Frank Greve of …

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Using Popular Education

Ideas and Issues International Organizing May 20, 2009May 21, 2009 by wade

Chicago     Among a number of fascinating discussions at the Organizers’ Forum board dialogue in Chicago was a sharing of how people used popular education techniques in leadership development and training.  This was an area where we also benefited from a global perspective on organizing since the experience in Latin America and Africa using popular education …

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Tamil Tactics in Toronto

International Organizing Personal Writings Protests May 13, 2009May 13, 2009 by wade

New Orleans A classic organizing problem has always been how do popular forces leverage local strength around global concerns? This question has always been difficult as anti-war forces saw most recently in trying to raise issues around Iraq and as 60’s veterans vividly remember from the protests to stop the Viet Nam war a world …

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