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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock One takeaway from the memorials to civil rights leader and organizer, Congressman John Lewis, has been the repeated invocation of the violence that was the handmaiden of the struggle. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached nonviolence to anyone who would listen, and, tactically, that became the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Watchwords for all of us in this work have always included “know your enemy” and “keep them close.” It is impossible to keep up in these days and times with all the right’s rage and social media screed, but some effort has to be …
Houston It’s still difficult to fully assess the election and its lessons, but some patterns continue to emerge in bits and pieces. A text from Houston after the midterms underlined the hopes for Texas to move elsewhere along the color spectrum. Democrats picked up eleven state representative seats for example on the Beto O’Rourke coattails. …