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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 Wall Street

Pushing Back the Banks in the Wake of Occupy

Financial Justice Protests November 1, 2011 by wade

Orleans Given all of the niggling around the impact of the Occupy Wall Street movement and its impact, it is worth raising some footnotes a little higher on the tally sheet where the results are important, but perhaps unnoticed.  Take these recent developments into account. Small example, but telling is that JP Morgan Chase, perhaps …

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Winter Warriors: Tents and Sleeping Bags for Occupy

Organizing Protests October 28, 2011October 28, 2011 by wade

New Orleans Every once in a while there’s something close to serendipity in this work.  Yesterday, I was pulling my hair out trying to think through the Occupy problem with winter coming on.  I had opened my blog yesterday, saying:  “the easiest opinion I can offer right now as an organizer is that the Occupy …

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Resistance, Solidarity and ACORN at Occupy

Ideas and Issues October 27, 2011 by wade

New Orleans Perhaps the easiest organizing I can make right now as an organizer is that the Occupy movement needs to prepare to meet the resistance.  Well, maybe it would be even easier to mention my concerns about the fact that winter is approaching in many areas, but later for that. In the last week …

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