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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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Egypt’s Protests and Gene Sharp

International Organizing Protests February 15, 2011 by wade

San Pedro Sula Newspapers, as the saying goes, write the rough drafts of history.  In Egypt is is fascinating to watch the 20-day process of rewriting, revising, and re-framing that is already taking place in papers like the New York Times. The first drafts desperately wanted this to be a Facebook or Twitter revolution…young and …

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Diplomats and Democracy Need Wikileaks: Tunisia Case Study!

Ideas and Issues January 14, 2011 by wade

New Orleans As organizers we learn to accept the fact that even when our members don’t win exactly what they demanded, change often comes behind the lines of our demands, because of our active and aggressive pursuit of the issues:  a half-a-loaf cannot be won without a fight for the whole loaf.  But in the …

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