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/2019/11/CN11052019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Sure, I’ve read about the Green New Deal. I know it’s a liberal-left litmus test. I know US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has derided it as impractical and essentially irrelevant, while others are waving the banner. I’ve read the arguments that we need to transform …
Lyon We showed up at the Alternative Bar close to what we thought was showtime to meet a half dozen of the organizers of what was billed as a showing of the documentary and a “debate” on various questions it might provoke. They said there were more people on the way, and so we chatted …
Sofia Organizing is somewhere on the spectrum between craft, trade, and art, so to keep even, much less ahead, of developments in the work, it’s important to pick up tips and examine the “nuts and bolts” wherever you can. Conversations and observations in Bulgaria were providing me a laundry list of lessons. On a lunch …