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/2019/09/CN09192019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsCatania I had heard about iWatch before arriving in Tunis from one of our leaders in Grenoble, who has roots in Tunisia, and said we had to meet with them. Their website seemed to identify them as an anti-corruption nonprofit. Once in Tunis it seemed to the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09152019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsTunis Saturday before the election in Tunisia, another huge test of the fragile democracy forged during the Arab Spring, there was quiet. The election rules had ended debates and public campaigning the day before the election. In fact, the Organizers’ Forum had to reschedule one of …
Madison Frankly, the Bernie Sanders campaign’s successor organization, Our Revolution, has been confusing to me. In the immediate aftermath of the 2016 election, its maiden voyage seemed covered with the controversy of staff hiring and firing with counterclaims roiling the organization over who and what was best able to carry forward the Sanders’ vision and …