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 Talking to Norman Solomon on Wade’s World about his new book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine, I knew how to start the conversation. I drew on Edwin Starrs famous song: War, huh (good God) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, listen to me, …
New Orleans If there is one thing every community organizer worth her salt learns about quickly from the first day they put feet to the street and knuckles to the wood, is what to say – and maybe even do – about vacant lots and abandoned houses. Neighbors always want the lots cleaned …
New Orleans We agreed to do a series of two-hour Zoom training sessions on community organizing for a coalition of grassroots frontline groups dealing with climate impacts from toxics to flooding to sea rise and storm preparation. The last session was on campaigns, and the groups and organizers who had been participating were …