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".
Barcelona A number of the members of the Organizers Forum delegation were involved in various aspects of tenant organizing, including ACORN Canada, ACORN England/Wales, and Living Rent, so we were excited to meet with representatives of the Barcelona Tenants Union (Sindicat de Llogateres) who were part of their international working group. Felix and Marti …
Barcelona In the first meeting of this year’s Organizers’ Forum delegation, we met David Karavala, one of the leaders and spokespeople for an organization called World Against Racism and Fascism in the back room of a bar near the city center. Over two hours, we not only learned about his organization, but in doing …
Catania While the Organizers’ Forum was in Bucharest and Sofia, everyone talked about politics, but it was hard to get our arms around all of what we were hearing, despite in a rarity for our dialogues we had meetings with three journalists with experience in radio, print, and television, including in the public-state controlled …