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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".

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Bringing Down Bank of America: Social Media or Social Movement?

Financial Justice Protests November 3, 2011 by wade

New Orleans The queue to “count coup” on Bank of America and its decision to step back from stealing debit card fees from its customers is almost unseemly.  We expect it from politicians, and props to Senator Durbin, VP Joe Biden, and the rest of the DC gang for the pile-on, which in fact was …

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Federal Reserve Blasts Wells Fargo with Largest Ever Fine

ACORN Financial Justice July 23, 2011 by wade

New Orleans I may still be under a gag order on ACORN’s final settlement with Wells Fargo, but who knows at this point and who would care now.  Wells Fargo was always about hard ball and hard bargaining, but when we moved after than in 2004 after settling first with Ameriquest and then Household Finance …

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Banks Silently Step up on Remittances

ACORN International Remittances May 26, 2011May 26, 2011 by wade

Atlanta On ACORN International’s Remittance Justice Campaign (www.remittancejustice.org) we have had difficulty getting any response from the big banks except in the most cursory terms.  Wells Fargo did finally reply and told us they were doing great within a small footprint of countries.  Bank of America and JP Morgan/Chase were stone silent.  Not surprisingly given …

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