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/2020/01/CN01292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans One thing that intrigued me in both England and Ireland over the last two weeks was the amount of construction in every city I visited. These were not little small-time projects, but giant cranes building skyscrapers in most of the cities. Manchester was out of …
New Orleans Extinction Rebellion is an interesting burst of energy and protest pushing governments, initially in the United Kingdom, to act immediately to avert catastrophic climate change. Bursting onto the scene less than a year ago with actions in the fall and now calling for non-violent civil disobedience during the final two weeks of April, …
New Orleans President Obama is on his farewell tour. Speaking to a young, university audience in London while trying to drum up some support for Britain to stay in the European Union, he offered what has to be seen as totally gratuitous advice to them – and of course all of the rest of us …