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/2019/11/CN11262019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The role of the military in governments of any stripe can be a powerful thing, though rarely is this good news. In Asia, the military junta’s role in Myanmar has led to genocide and the disgrace of a Nobel prize symbol of democracy. In …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11252019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed? If you can make it past the daily Trump wailing wall, there’s one report after another of protests. Not some piddling ten- or twenty-person thing, though there’s plenty of that as well, but I’m talking about mass protests, …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11242019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Big ideas and popular demands move political parties, pro or con. Politicians have to put their fingers in the air and see how the wind is blowing, especially if they lack core principles and convictions. How do they navigate the cultural issues of guns, gays, …