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".
New Orleans The Who song about the new boss being the same as the old boss is a classic case, even if rare, of culture speaking to class. Where we find that the new boss is the same as the old boss over and over again is in the popular instances of subcontracting …
New Orleans Working Class Perspectives gave me the honor of the Labor Day blog again this year, so it’s a pleasure to share it with you, while hoping you remember the value of labor on this day of recognition. Essential Workers Take Action During the pandemic, the working class that had been …
Marble Falls We’ve looked at the diversity and governance of rural electric cooperatives closely over the last five or six years. By we, I mean ACORN International, Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center, and Local 100 United Labor Unions that came together as the Rural Power Project. It hasn’t been a pretty picture. …