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/2020/05/CN05032020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River We’ve been fighting payday lending for over fifteen years in Canada with some success as well a truckload of frustration. The issue has been in our sights for several decades in the United States as well. In Canada, ACORN has been stymied as the federal …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05020202.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River In the United States when dealing with a program that is touted as a lifesaver for what will likely be fifty million unemployed workers and another program that is designed, ostensibly, to help small businesses retain their workers, we all know the topline horrors. For …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River May Day traditionally has been marked around the world with workers marching under the banners of their unions and labor-friendly political parties. In the USA, Labor Day marks the end of the summer, rather than the advent of spring, which has been celebrated since pagan …