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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".

All Unquiet on Too Many Fronts

Personal Writings War January 31, 2023 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans  –  We were in the mountains surrounded by snow and ice.  It was very, very cold.  We couldn’t get what we wanted to watch; let’s call in technical difficulty.  Ok, how about a movie on Netflix for a father-and-son Saturday evening?  All Quiet on the Western Front was on offer.  Nominated for a …

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All Sales and No Shame for Co-op Coal Boosters

Climate Change Energy Policy Politics January 29, 2023 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls     I read some of the opinion pieces that rural electric co-op leaders offer their members through their monthly combo-newsletters and ad-sheets.  I sometimes find myself scratching my head as I read these editorial-propaganda pieces.  I do so not necessarily because of what they are saying, but because of what they are deliberately …

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In the Game and Keeping Your Voice

KABF Media Organizing January 28, 2023 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls      Recently at a KABF board meeting, one of our longtime board members, a showrunner for one show, and a co-host of another wanted to give us a heads-up about underwriting for one of the shows.  He said it was getting harder to sign up the original nonprofit groups, each of which he …

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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

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