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/2020/06/CN06202020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River The big reveal on protests now is an admission of what many have known or suspected for years: domestic surveillance is real and it’s all around us. According to press reports, the Department of Homeland Security deployed helicopters, airplanes and drones over 15 cities …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans President Trump in replying to withering criticism of his initial decision to hold a Covid-19 campaign rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth claimed he was doing African-Americans a favor, because “no one has every heard of it.” Besides showing his general indifference to anything outside …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06182020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Celebrating a 50th anniversary feels strange on a Zoom call, but that doesn’t make it feel any less of an accomplishment. As the clock passed midnight in India, the farthest extent of ACORN’s membership, almost fifty staff and organizers gathered from Lima, Manchester, Toronto, …