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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: National Politics

Red Teams and Fifty Rupee Balls

International National Politics May 5, 2011 by wade

New Orleans Like many I’ve read the Osama Bin Laden deathwatch and Seal 6 commando raid stories, word for word, and line by line.  I’ve found it fascinatingly educational. Reading Leon Panetta, the USA CIA director’s accounts of the search for Bin Laden, I found it telling that one of the last steps before presenting …

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Republicans are Government Interventionists, Not Conservatives

National Politics April 30, 2011 by wade

Missoula    The patterns are just too obvious now.  The Republicans are into Big Brother and total government control.  They are not conservatives at all!  It is such a mistake for any of us to get suckered into that slick trick.  What they really want it becomes increasingly clear is total government intervention, intrusion, and control …

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Register Voters or Lose

ACORN National Politics April 23, 2011April 23, 2011 by wade

Little Rock    Visiting with friends and comrades in Little Rock, it wasn’t long before the discussion went to the obvious:  how could there be meaningful civic engagement of low-and-moderate income families in the 2012 elections without a huge voter registration effort among the poor? There are still open wounds from too many sources that …

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