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/2020/05/CN05272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Mutual aid or solidarity work has long been a feature of political activity in times of crisis and often at all times. ACORN affiliates around the world have been involved at different levels in such work as we have tried to respond to the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River If there were ever a time that workers needed to feel safe on the job, it’s got to be now in the middle of a pandemic. Even with the lifting of restrictions in different states and various businesses reopening, many workers are still voting with …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05242020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Roughly 39 million Americans have applied for unemployment, not even counting gig and self-employed workers, workers who have abandoned job search, or couldn’t access the benefits, which means real unemployment is over 50 million. Statistical unemployment will be 17 or 18% but clearly, we’re at …