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/2020/05/CN05012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River May Day traditionally has been marked around the world with workers marching under the banners of their unions and labor-friendly political parties. In the USA, Labor Day marks the end of the summer, rather than the advent of spring, which has been celebrated since pagan …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04282020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Today, I’m sharing a guest piece that I contributed to the Working-Class Perspectives series on the even of May Day and during a difficult time for workers around the world. May Day 2020: Workers in the Pandemic Time Posted on April 27, 2020 by Working-Class …
New Orleans The first May Day in the United States saw 300,000 people hit the streets in solidarity with the issues of workers. Fast forward to 2014 and there was not a single note in any of the local papers I read daily or the national ones about any notion of May Day even existing …