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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".

Culture War Backfire?

Guns Politicians Politics Protests April 6, 2023 by Chief Organizer

       New Orleans       As Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis leapfrog each other in trying to push voters into engaging the culture wars, red state governors and legislators are rushing to line up.  I wonder if this is really going to work out for them with the voters in the way they are hoping? For …

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Politics, Taxes, and Sleaze in Trump Indictment

Corruption Politics Taxes April 5, 2023 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans      I’m yawning.  The Trump arraignment on 34 counts of criminal activity by the prosecutor in New York City was a nonevent.  Anti-Trumpers outshouted pro-Trumpers, so wake me up when it’s over.  The most interesting political news right now was the election of an African-American former union organizer as the mayor of Chicago …

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Hack Attack and Climate Spit Fight

Climate Change Corporations Environment April 4, 2023 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans       Stir up a perfect gumbo with ExxonMobil and climate change activists, and what can go wrong, right?  In a convoluted “who shot John” story recently in the Journal, it seems perhaps thousands of climate campaigns may have been targeted by hackers from India employed by an Israeli private detective named Aviram Azari …

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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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