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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10112019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River The Grassroots Radio Coalition is a loose confederation of various progressive community radio stations around the country. We got involved with them when, to our surprise, they had an annual gathering in Hot Springs, Arkansas, of all places a couple of years ago. Then, …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10102020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Talking to Victoria Law on Wade’s World about the book, Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms, that she co-authored with Maya Schenwar, it was hard to escape the sense that “prison culture” has lapped up on the beach of one …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10092020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Whoa, you crazy gunsels! Y’all have absolutely crossed a line here! Planning to kidnap a governor? Are y’all out of your freaking minds? This was really the news of the day. The FBI arrested six conspirators in Michigan who had seriously considered, discussed, and …