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 There was Ferguson and protests erupted around similar outrages, and the notion of a building movement seemed local and directed mainly at police practices and profiling. The President picked up the challenge and looked at decriminalizing some drug beefs and taking steps for early release in Federal prison facilities. Black Lives Matter seemed …
Delhi Maybe someone out there is hearing our tired, old, boring message: organizing takes hard work! Yes, I’ve said it now, but it was never a secret despite the flutter of excitement about the mirage of so-called Twitter and Facebook “revolutions. In two very interesting pieces, one “After the Protests” by Zeynep Tufekci in …
New Orleans It’s encouraging to see the increasing momentum building across the country both at the state and city level for increases in the minimum wage. The signature victory in SeaTac, Washington outside of Seattle, narrowly winning $15 per hour has attracted huge interest and unfortunately is now delayed by court action reducing its …