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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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Haitian Sweatshops are not Relief

Community Organizations International International March 5, 2010 by wade

New Orleans In the wake of the tragic earthquake in Haiti a “jobs” plan originally requested by the UN and touted by special envoy, former US President Bill Clinton is making the rounds with its claims that it could quickly produce hundreds of thousands of largely textile jobs to assist in the recovery.  The plan …

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Advocating Squatting in Haiti

Community Organizations International Ideas and Issues International January 18, 2010 by wade

New Orleans Here’s an interesting twist on the Haitian disaster where 3 million people may now be homeless and essentially living as refugees in their own homes and country:  support squatters’ rights.  A least that’s the argument made as one of the rebuilding contributions on the op-ed page of the New York Times today by …

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Disasters for the Haitian Poor

Community Organizations International International January 16, 2010 by wade

New Orleans The Haitian non-relief story is heartbreaking:  unknown, unnamed victims in mass graves and $100 per day picking up dead bodies in the street.  What can we make of the future from this catastrophe just off our shores? A Smith College professor named Kevin Rozario with a book about disasters in his resume actually …

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Help for Haiti

Community Organizations International International January 15, 2010 by wade

New Orleans At a candidates forum last night in New Orleans with the memory of Katrina still in our hearts and in the mouth of every questioner from Local 100 or A Community Voice (formerly Louisiana ACORN), it was appropriate that the forum started with a prayer and made the call for help for Haiti.  …

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