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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".

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Reading a Gene Sharp Book is a Go to Jail Card in Angola

ACORN ACORN International Organizing March 30, 2016March 30, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   Many complain that people just don’t read much anymore. Or, at least they don’t read books much. Monitoring devices that people use to read electronic books indicate that men read about 50 to 80 pages of books that they buy and begin to read and women read about 100 pages before abandoning the …

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More Boycotts? Why Not?

Labor Organizing Organizing March 6, 2016March 7, 2016 by digital

New Orleans     Nick Jones was an organizer and boycott coordinator for the United Farm Workers from 1966 to 1976, and then spent another 30-odd years as a union organizer, largely with Service Employees locals around the Bay Area, finishing his career with the National Union of Healthcare Workers. His time with the UFW ended in …

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ACORN’s Indian Hawkers’ Union Tries Video Recruitment

ACORN ACORN International Organizing March 1, 2016 by digital

New Orleans    In organizing you never know what might work, and every once in a while we get the opportunity to try something new, and it’s exciting to hold our breath to see what might happen next. This minute the back story is the whole story, but soon a special video recruitment tool will be …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

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