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/CN06012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans In our new vernacular there are going to be some expressions that we won’t soon forget like social distancing and novel coronavirus. One that I particularly like and would certainly nominate for more common usage is “work drag.” Don’t tell me that you don’t …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05312020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Riots are often studied, but little understood. They are unpredictable by definition. Why does a riot erupt in one place, but not another when the combustible conditions for a conflagration seem to exist in both? How does a peaceful protest one-minute cross the line into …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Cities throughout America are erupting once again over the extra juridical killing of a black man by the police. Some voices are calling for calm, while President Trump calls for chaos. The “powers that be” would have us believe that this is one rouge cop …