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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

ACORN, O’Keefe, Haters, and the Continuing Saga

ACORN National Politics March 18, 2011March 18, 2011 by wade

New Orleans The days turn into months, the months turn into years, but time inadequate still to erase the full-on craziness in the land.  I know after 38 years with ACORN I’m not just months shy of three years since I resigned.  ACORN itself threw in the towel and declared bankruptcy almost 5 months ago …

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Mounting Casualties of Total War on Poor and Low Wage Workers

National Politics March 16, 2011 by wade

New Orleans In wars, if we are able and willing to endure the pain and sorrow, we can read the casualty count, virtually on a daily basis of dead and injured.  As the war drags on, as we now see in Iraq and Afghanistan, the item gets smaller and moves to the back of the …

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Go Players! Beat Owners!

Labor Organizing National Politics March 12, 2011March 14, 2011 by wade

New Orleans Not surprisingly the NFL players and owners marched into the abyss yesterday in another high-profile fight over the value of collective bargaining, though in this case in order to hold on to what they have meant tactically decertifying the union and filing an anti-trust injunction against the owners.  In Wisconsin even giving financial …

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