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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

Talking China around the Kitchen Table

Ideas and Issues International Labor Organizing April 10, 2004 by wade

Little Rock            Sitting around the kitchen table last night with my “outlaws” as they sometimes call themselves out of the blue China was on the agenda.             One was just in from Fort Worth where he was superintending the construction of a music store for a Little Rock construction company.  He related a story from …

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Blue-Green Coalitions

ACORN Community Organizing International Labor Organizing April 2, 2004 by wade

San Francisco: This is the season when the blue of the morning sky is at its darkest and most beautiful blue an hour before dawn.  This morning the wind had been shaking the hotel room and on the bay the waves were whipping and gulls were flying in place and making no progress.  Closer to …

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Missing Health Care

Health Care Ideas and Issues International March 26, 2004 by wade

New Orleans: Yesterday returning to New Orleans – and home – seemed full of surprises.  Spring was everywhere.  Pink and white azeleas were blooming around the house.  New growth had the bright green unique to the season.  Another pleasant surprise was a dear note from a companera, Terese Bouey, who sent along some of her …

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