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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: Populists

Banks, Too Big to Fail, but Too Small to Regulate, Huh?

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 by digital

Biloxi     Once upon a time in America, and much of the world, there was a reliable way to identify a populist.  The litmus test was their view of banks.  If they saw them as somewhere between a criminal enterprise and a bunch of blood suckers, then the odds were good that they were populists.  If …

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Power of Deep Engagement: Familia Anclada, Wards, & Committees

Community Organizing February 9, 2011February 10, 2011 by wade

New Orleans According to a fascinating article by Damien Cave in the New York Times the families that have hunkered down and stayed in the Ciudad Juarez warzone in Mexico directly across the Rio from El Paso in Texas are frequently headed by generations of women and their children, welded to jobs and livelihood, they …

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