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".
May 8, 2021 New Orleans It was fun talking to Stephen Preskill about his new book, Education in Black and White: Myles Horton and the Highlander Center’s Vision for Social Justice, on Wade’s World. The pleasure was as much about Preskill’s discussion of the book and his research, as it was bringing back memories of the …
March 25, 2021 Little Rock The Amazon warehouse election that is voting by mail ballots now in Bessemer, Alabama has brought a lot of attention to the labor movement, its current standing and future prospects. President Biden stepped up front to support workers’ rights to organize and the value of union membership and on-the-job protection, …
February 4, 2021 New Orleans In the old culture of the Service Employees International Union and the AFL-CIO, where Local 100 and I spent twenty-five years, I would be buying a plane ticket for John Sweeney’s funeral right now, if the pandemic allowed it. It would be expected, and …