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/2020/09/CN09072020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Even here along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River, the temperature has edged down a couple of degrees, signaling Labor Day’s arrival. In my time this meant school was starting and no matter what the thermometer read, it was fall, doggone it, and time to …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09022019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Most of the world celebrates workers and Labor Day on May 1st, but the vestiges of “better dead than red,” have diluted Labor Day in the USA to a celebration of the end of summer, school openings, and, oh, yeah, workers are worth noticing for …
New Orleans May Day is Labor Day around the world, but the first Monday in September is labor’s day in North America. I was honored to be able to write the Labor Day post on the 10th anniversary of the Working Class Perspectives posts, so take a read there https://workingclassstudies.wordpress.com/2018/09/02/labors-day-more-or-less/. It’s hard for most of us …