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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".

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Bruce Springsteen and Talking to Mental Health Consumers in Alaska

Ideas and Issues October 13, 2016October 13, 2016 by digital

Juneau   Before coming up to help organize the Mental Health Consumers Action Network (MCAN) in Alaska, I only had one request. I wanted to be able to meet and listen to men and women who had experience in the system to hear their issues and ideas for improvements. I wanted to talk to the consumers …

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Citizen Wealth Organizing March 21, 2012March 21, 2012 by digital

Youngstown    I was in town to deliver a lecture in the Working Class Studies Series at Youngstown State University, but a lot of what interested me was to really get a sense of Youngstown after not having been here for several decades.  Youngstown has become iconic as a picture of the impact of deindustrialization. …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

03/18/2021

Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

Religion Dispatches: Forty-year organizing veteran has plenty of new ideas

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