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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: Labor Organizing

Free Choice Organizing Op

Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing Personal Writings July 24, 2008 by wade

San Francisco        Talking to union organizers up and down California in this state that still stands for a major part of what exists for union density in the United States, I often asked if real plans were beginning to be made in case Obama won and in case labor reform passed in the form …

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Reunification of Labor

Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing Personal Writings July 20, 2008 by wade

San Francisco        Now that Larry Cohen, CWA’s President, is talking at length along with others to Steven Greenhouse, the labor reporter for the New York Times, I feel like I can safely write about the reunification theory I have promoted privately for more than six months.     First, there has to be reunification.  There …

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Drummond’s Blog

ACORN Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing Personal Writings June 26, 2008July 19, 2014 by wade

New Orleans        Drummond Pike is the founder and CEO of Tides, which includes the Tides Foundation, Tides Center, and a host of other “water” named and great organizations.  He has been a boon comrade of mine for four decades, and it is not surprising to see that he posted up something on his blog …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

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