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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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Climate Refugees

Ideas and Issues March 21, 2011 by wade

  New Orleans               This is the moment of Japan.  Haiti is still on some of our minds, and living in New Orleans the scars are everywhere and the screams are only barely muffled by the sounds of the streets if your eyes and ears are open to them.  A movie called Climate Refugees being offered …

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For Sale: Used Nuke Plants, Cheap, Going Now!

Ideas and Issues March 19, 2011 by wade

New Orleans The Japanese can’t catch a break. Hundreds of bodies are still washing up on the shore. Towns were the body counts are unknown and frightening because after days of work only one-fourth or one-third of the ground has been covered. But, the big headlines here are not about the week old tragedy but …

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Japan and Katrina Call for Better Search-Survival Systems

Ideas and Issues March 15, 2011 by wade

New Orleans It is heartbreaking to read everywhere about families looking for relatives and friends in northern Japan.  An organizer in our office tells about her mother, a native of an area south of Tokyo, who is distraught trying to locate sisters and cousins who might have been working or travelling in the area.  It …

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