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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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ACORN International Personal Writings November 7, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            Atlanta             Marva Burnett, ACORN International’s president, John Anderson, ACORN Canada’s field director, and I gave each other one last wave, as they hurried off to Terminal 1 in Manchester, and I began the hike to Terminal 2 with hours to spare.  It turned out to be a good thing, because when the Virgin Atlantic …

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Voting with Your Feet Also Determines Elections

Louisiana Voting November 6, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            Manchester      Attorney General Jeff Landry in Louisiana is a hard right culture warrior and Republican provocateur.  Yet, for the first time in a dozen years, he emerged as the winner with a majority of the vote in the so-called “jungle” primary, where candidates of all parties contend for a place in the general election.  …

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One Big Union – 2023 ACORN Edition

ACORN International Organizing UK Unions November 5, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            Shepley            Every year ACORN’s international organizers and some of our leaders come together in person in the late fall somewhere in Europe or the United Kingdom for that lot, as they say in England, and in the United States for the North American crew early in each new year, usually in the greater New …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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