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".
Marble Falls My first reaction was disbelief. I asked Dharmendra Kumar, ACORN India’s director in Delhi, “Do you realize the time difference between Bangkok, Thailand and me?” He was moderating a panel at the Asian Pacific World Social Forum that would run between 415 PM and 545 PM Bangkok time which would be 315 …
New Orleans These days Amazon is the big dog barking, but we’re starting to nip at its heels. The NLRB Regional Director has ruled on the objections filed by the union, RWDSU/UFCW, from the election earlier in the year at one of their fulfillment warehouses in Bessemer, Alabama. He ordered a new election. The union says that it …
Grenoble When I sat down in the evening to visit with some of the Grenoble leaders of ACORN’s Alliance Citoyenne affiliate, one kidded me about being “on tour.” Now at the end of this UK-France trip, maybe they had a point. Counting quickly, I had met with organizers and leaders in eight cities that …