Full Name
Wade Rathke
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Wade Rathke is the founder and Chief Organizer of ACORN International as well as Local 100 United Labor Unions and the Publisher of Social Policy magazine. Wade is also the founder, and served as the Chief Organizer of ACORN for 39 years.
He has worked for and founded a series of organizations dedicated to winning social justice, workers rights, and a democracy where “the people shall rule”.
Recent Articles by Author
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Settler Violence Has to Stop on the West Bank
Perhaps it is too much to hope, but maybe we’ve hit an inflection point over state sponsored attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. There are signs Israeli elites are sending a message to the government that a line has been crossed, even as its policy and performance has been to abet the…
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“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation…”
“Houston, we have a problem.” Let me rephrase that…we have lots of problems. That’s just my opinion though. The president of the United States has a different take……when Trump answered a question about whether he was motivated by the financial situation of Americans to make a deal to end…
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Dealing with the Haters
I don’t know much about the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Sure, I’ve gotten their fundraising solicitations, but that just makes me the same as most Americans this side of Attila the Hun. Visiting Montgomery, Alabama, some years ago with my son, I was surprised to see their big, fancy…
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Criminalizing and Chilling Protest
There’s no question that Trump and his administration, virtually from the top much of the way down just do not like protest or protestors. The whole gang and their larger tribe from Congress to statehouses are lightning quick to label the least resistance as domestic terrorism, deep conspiracy, or…