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".
Vancouver The World Urban Forum is a biennial affair put together by UN-Habitat to look the issue raised by cities and the continued concentration of the world’s population in urban areas and the massive issues that follow. They talk about these problems at least, and we will have to see if they do anything about …
New Orleans In the global economy it would be a mistake to believe that there is an operating truce between companies and their unions. Unless there is constant push and pull, everything seems to fall to the lowest common denominator which usually means the least cost or the most that one can get away with …
Minneapolis In the spring about this time annually the Organizers’ Forum (www.organizersforum.org) has one of its dialogues. This year we ventured into the rough edges that characterize the experience of many organizers and organizations with using (trying to use?) technology to build their organizations and communicate with their members and the public. A combination of …