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".
Lagos Bits and pieces begin to come together on the ground in Lagos, so let me share some more about this big, burly, and confusing country, as we sort it out together. * The USA is important here. Elected officials from both parties request the USA to monitor the elections believing we still stand for …
Nairobi The daily publication of the WSF said they had 50,000 registrations, but who knows where they were. Virtually no one walking and talking around the event thought there was half of that and many feared that 10,000 might be the best that were showing at any one time. Money was the issue here, and …
Delhi, India Our panel at the ISF was under a giant wrap of muslin holding about 300 people. There was space for translation, but no translation was provided, so the session was to be in Hindi. We had pitched a big tent on the topic: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Special Economic Zones (SEZ), and the Corporate …