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".
Calgary I first heard about Clement Pettijean, a professor at the Sorbonne in Paris, when I got a notice of a dialogue between him and Alex Han, the new editor of In These Times. I know Alex from his time years ago as an organizer for Local 880 SEIU, our old ULU sister organization. …
Dallas It was a crazy day, but we had made a commitment to present a paper that had been supported by the LRAN, the Labor Research and Action Network, at their 12th Annual Conference at Georgetown University, so, by God, a promise is a promise, even if it meant a 530 am plane …
Washington Haiti seems snakebit. Hurricanes, assassinations, corruption, gang control, vigilante killings, the list goes on and on. Presidents Bush (the first) and Clinton try to raise money for rebuilding, and the problems persist. The United Nations goes in and becomes part of the problem. Days ago, someone is finally held accountable for killing the …