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".
Jakarta I flew out of Melbourne on Sunday morning at 12:15 AM. It was an 8 hour flight to Kuala Lumpur (with a 2 hour time change), and then after a couple of hours in that airport I arrived in Jakarta around 10 AM. Today is a holiday as this largely Muslim country moves …
New Orleans It was too good an opportunity to pass up. Our great organizing colleague from Korea, Na Hyowoo, was en route from a meeting in Mexico City (where he visited with Victor Torres, ACORN Mexico), and we convinced him to redeye into New Orleans to visit with us and plot the next steps …
Hartford I arrived as Peter Drier from Occidental College finished his paper and Frances Fox Piven from GUNY presented her views on the tensions between protest and electoral politics. The fur was flying in the genteel manner of the academy. It was a wonderful experience to be a “fly on the wall,” as serious thinkers worried …