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".
Valletta Malta is an island, so it almost goes without saying that it’s not a big island. ACORN has a new affiliate there, Solidarjetà. It’s an interesting organization working in what I increasingly understand is a fascinating, but challenging environment. I had never been to Malta or its major city, Valletta, but being in …
Catania One of our last meetings was with Kalina Drenska, one of the LevFem collective. Like so many activists in Romania and Bulgaria, and, truth to tell, everywhere it seems these days when there is so little investment in building progressive capacity, Kalina wears multiple hats. In her “day job,” so to speak she …
Bucharest We were on time to meet National Trade Union Bloc at 9am sharp on a Monday, until we found that there was some confusion, and they expected us not a 9, but 11am. We were apologetic, and they were graceful, so we recovered from our first misstep. The union had a PowerPoint presentation …