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".
Ottawa Thanks to Rob Clarke, director of FairTrade Canada, the affiliated licensing and marketing combine for fair trade certified products in Canada, and his excellent team, I got a quick education and a lot of offers for help in advancing ACORN International’s partnership with COMUCAP, the women’s coffee and aloe vera co-op in Honduras. I …
New Orleans I read all of these stories about cheap, modular construction in various designs from assorted materials. I find them fascinating and quaint. Mainly, I read them to give me ideas for how to rebuild our fishing camp across Lake Pontchartrain or to plant in the mountains or woods as a retreat somewhere. It …
Atlanta On ACORN International’s Remittance Justice Campaign (www.remittancejustice.org) we have had difficulty getting any response from the big banks except in the most cursory terms. Wells Fargo did finally reply and told us they were doing great within a small footprint of countries. Bank of America and JP Morgan/Chase were stone silent. Not surprisingly given …