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 A Washington Post article caught my eye saying, “The future of white-collar work may be unionized.” Really, I thought to myself, in what dream cycle, what’s up with this? Some of this is just a logical statement of fact. Blue collar work, especially in manufacturing, continues to decline, and construction unions …
Oostende, Belgium We took a train to something that our colleagues described to us as an annual political festival. Once we were at the train station, it only took about 75 minutes to get to Oostende from Brussels. We had left in sunny weather, but once past Burges, not far away, we could see the …
Brussels One of the tricky things for an outsider to understand in Belgium is who is in charge? In organizing, it’s important to know who the target might be on actions and campaigns. Where does authority lie? Where does the buck stop? As organizers discussed what it would take to change the way landlord …