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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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Cooperatives and Building Productive Democracy

Ideas and Issues Organizing April 21, 2012April 21, 2012 by digital

Madison  I took one wrong turn and ended up on the wrong side of the track waiting for a train, which only heightened my anticipation at what the Just Coffee Cooperative of coffee roasters might be like.  From across the tracks the street seemed to be smaller multi-unit apartments nicely appointed running down a row.  Finally …

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Cost of Higher Education Stirring Students to Streets in Montreal

Ideas and Issues Organizing April 17, 2012April 17, 2012 by digital

New Orleans   I had not been paying enough attention to a random piece about students rallying in Montreal until my coattails were pulled the other day by a friend and colleague, Eric Shragg, who is a professor, author, and activist in that city.   In a brief email he mentioned that the increase in US-terms was …

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Support for Khimki Forest Campaign, Affordable Housing in Central Cali, & Post-Industrialism

ACORN International Organizing April 16, 2012 by digital

New Orleans  It was wonderful to see a rare smile on the face of Evgenia Chirikova, our friend and ally, who has been the sparkplug of the feisty, though failing, effort to reroute the construction of a highway that would cut through the supposedly protected Khimki Forest.  She has been named one of the grassroots …

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