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 Everything about war and armed conflict of any kind is disturbing for the simple reason that lives are at stake. One of the supposed achievements of the 20th century in the wake of devastating world wars was not only creating of multinational forums to resolve conflicts, like the United Nations, but …
New Orleans ACORN has often been critical of the United Way and its corporate coziness for contributions supporting band-aid services, rather than real change for lower-income families. In the early days of the organization in Arkansas, our members even did an action at one of their local fundraising lunches where they voiced demands …
New Orleans People talk about swag as just something to maybe make an extra couple of bucks, if they are lucky. Or, perhaps to build solidarity in an action where everyone is given a button or a t-shirt to make sure it is unmistakable for the target to ignore who is in the …