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".
May 2, 2021 Pearl River Normally, about this time of year we would be locking down the location for the annual Organizers Forum International Dialogue. When the board of Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center met recently for the second straight time we bowed to the inevitable and recorded unanimous votes to cancel the dialogue …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09172019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsTunis We had heard about Makrem Amairia, the head of the Municipal Workers Union branch of the larger, longstanding labor federation, UGTT, before we arrived at their building near the main boulevard running through the city of Tunis. He had been quoted while leading a march …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09162019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsTunis One of the treats of this Organizers’ Forum is getting to meet some of the organizers and members of El Comita, which is essentially ACORN Tunisia, the affiliate of ACORN International in this country. There are now several hundred members in five groups that have …