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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsAtlanta It took five hours and half a tank of gas for me and two organizers for the ACORN Tenants Union in Atlanta to visit more than a dozen apartment complexes in five different counties around metro Atlanta and the perimeter. The day had started in misty …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11092020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsWashington, DC In politics there is always tomorrow, not necessarily for the same candidate or party, but the people will be served after a fashion, and the positions will be filled. In this election, the peoples’ favorite wasn’t the reconstruction of the “blue wall” of Wisconsin, Michigan, …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10222020corrected.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Little Rock In recent months I have been on a weekly voting call focusing on stopping voter suppression and increasing turnout in the US election on November 3rd. Some of the participants with voter registrations in battleground states complain from time to time about the daily …