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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".

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Free Advice for Commission to Support Labor Unions

Ideas and Issues April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 by Chief Organizer

April 27, 2021 New Orleans In one of President Biden’s recent executive orders, he announced a plan to appoint a White House commission, chaired by Vice-President Kamala Harris, to come up with ideas on how to support labor unions. Obviously, the government can’t organize unions for us, nor can they sign up our members, but …

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Interview Feature: NPR “Gulf States Newsroom” and the Amazon Union Vote

Ideas and Issues April 27, 2021 by Chief Organizer

ACORN Founder and Chief Organizer Wade Rathke was recently featured in two NPR news articles. In the first interview, Wade speaks with NPR reporter Stephan Bisaha about the process of starting a campaign to unionize, and why exactly it’s so difficult to win against big employers. In the second, after the union vote has been …

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Supporting Children Rather than Demonizing Mothers

Ideas and Issues April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 by Chief Organizer

April 26, 2021 New Orleans I got my education in the racial and income bridges within families, mothers, and children early as an organizer for the National Welfare Rights Organization. Women of all races, but mainly the Black and brown members of the groups we organized in Springfield, Massachusetts during the late 1960s would regularly …

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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

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

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