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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".

Trump Riot Rocks Right and Rest of Us

Ideas and Issues January 7, 2021 by digital

January 7, 2021 New Orleans  Insurrection, riot, mob, anarchists, terrorists, as the Senate chaplain reminded, words have meaning, and those were words hurled like rocks from Senators and Representatives. For a change they weren’t hummed at our heads, but at Trump and his base that has so many of them cowering in fear and spinelessness. …

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Celebrate, but Keep it Real, Here Come the Congressional Mod Squad

Ideas and Issues January 6, 2021 by digital

January 6, 2021 New Orleans         Victories have a thousand fathers and defeats are orphan children, or something like that. ACORN, the Voter Purge Project, and Labor Neighbor are glad to count coup in Georgia for our small part in an enormous an historic victory in Georgia. Where we worked against suppression in …

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Doing Our Part in Georgia

Ideas and Issues January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by digital

January 5, 2021 New Orleans             The double-barreled Senate runoff in Georgia has been something to watch, and even more interesting on the ground, as our team found doing our part to assure voter access and participation in this election. No one can accurately predict the results. Polling has become so …

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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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