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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".

Tag: Occupy Movement

Mainstream Confusion over Movement and Occupy

Protests October 14, 2011October 14, 2011 by wade

New Orleans After weeks on the road the free newspaper rack at the Lufthansa counter in Frankfurt seemed the perfect pick-me-up, so I grabbed the international versions of the Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today as part of an English immersion experience.  Ironically, a piece in USA Today by Rick Hampson, …

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Searching for Political Space in Prague and Elsewhere

ACORN International October 11, 2011 by wade

Prague New countries, new languages, and new people seem constantly in front of me on this trip, but what is surprising whether here in Prague, Rome, Palermo, Cairo, or back home in the United States is how very, very similar the questions are everywhere in the world for progressives trying to create real change and …

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Occupy Movement and Boycott Bank of America

Financial Justice Protests October 7, 2011 by wade

Palermo Big props to my brothers and sisters back in the hometown where Occupy New Orleans put 1000 on the street according to estimates from professional organizers I know and love!  Yes, that was more than double the numbers in DC and many other cities, but, hey, we’re now that kind of town.  We know …

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