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/2020/07/CN07052020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Not long ago we argued here that there needed to be some special praise for the quick action of people who grabbed smartphones or cameras to document police brutality and had the courage to take a stand for justice. There are some other behind the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07042020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River In organizing unions, captive audience meetings are the scourge of organizing drives. The employers have the right to make the meetings mandatory in order to deliver their anti-union screeds, but union representatives are unable to attend. Organizers spend hours preparing committee members and union activists …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07032020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock There’s nothing new about states, particularly blood-red states, trying to suppress the vote. The Republican strategy continues to be not to change one iota in their far right, white grievance, servant to the rich appeal, but to bear down until their last voters are gone. …