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/2019/09/CN09272019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLake Buckhorn, Ontario For some reason reading about the latest outrages of Trump and the wildness in the White House and Washington, the 1962 Gene Pitney song, “A Town without Pity,” has been rolling around in my head with a slight variation. Where the famous line was, …
Washington I count myself lucky, when I’m not in DC. That’s not a new thing, but a lifelong habit. It’s a company town, and I don’t much care for the company. Sitting in Georgetown for a minute on my way to the University this evening, it’s a gray, early spring day. I can tell it …
New Orleans There are many iron laws in organizing, and one of them has to be that the more any tactic is repeated, the less effective it becomes. The so-called resistance may be on the verge of painful reality, as the triumphant numbers of the Women’s March in late January was followed by disappointing numbers …