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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: International

Dharavi Recycling Centers

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues International Labor Organizing October 31, 2008 by wade

Dharavi Recycling Centers             Mumbai           The Dharavi neighborhood is famous in Bombay at least as famous as a mega-slum can be with almost a million people living in a slum almost in the center of the city on what remains of all wetlands from the rancid remains of a river running to the Indian Ocean …

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Deadly Migration

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues International Labor Organizing October 31, 2008 by wade

Deadly Migration October 29, 2008             Mumbai           The papers in India were quick to report the latest news from the World Urban Habitat report 2008 report on cities indicating that by 2025, just 17 years, three of the ten largest cities in the world will be in India with Mumbai in the #2 slot, Delhi …

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Voter Registration in India

Ideas and Issues International Labor Organizing October 30, 2008 by wade

Voter Registration in India October 29, 2008             Mumbai           I landed last night on Diwali, the festival of light, welcoming the New Year on the Hindu calendar.  Flying into Bombay the pilot announced that it was a little like flying into a city under attack because there were fireworks everywhere throughout the city.  Taking a …

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