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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: Organizing

Reorganizing is Organizing

ACORN International Organizing December 9, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            Montreal          Twenty of the ACORN Canada organizers gathered for the annual Year End/ Year Begin meeting.  Brought low by a bad post-Kenya cold, I missed the first evening’s reports from all the offices, but I didn’t have any trouble catching up, as I listened to the panels, workshops, and reports by various organizers of …

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Belt and Road in Nairobi

ACORN International Organizing November 30, 2023 by Chief Organizer

Nairobi            My last visit to our organizers in Kenya was a trip to Nairobi in 2018.  The pandemic kept not ending from 2019 forward, so finally we are all trying to come together now five years later. If there are easy ways to travel to Nairobi, I haven’t found them.  No US-based airline comes directly …

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The Resilience and Inspiration of Underground Communities

Organizing November 23, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls      Organizers and activists can be a little bit like oil and water, a decidedly rough mix.  Organizers try to build a base, develop leaders, and, if it all comes together, build power.  Activists mainly want to take action, which is not to say they are disorganized or don’t do a lot …

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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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