ACORN Radio

 When people take action together and win, it changes how they look at the world. Sabrina talks to leaders from ACORN Canada about their experiences waking up to their own power.  ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here: https://acorninternational.org/index.php/acorn-advocates/ Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplac...

Wade Rathke on Tyre Nichols, the latest of the endless victims of police killings in the US.  ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here: https://acorninternational.org/index.php/acorn-advocates/ Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world: https://socialpolicy.org/ Questions? Comments? E-mail rese...

Rob in York discusses his journey as an ACORN leader with Channy, from getting evicted to recruiting and leading a branch committee.  "I think if we can build not just a union, but also a culture in York where people get together and discuss their problems and find out that a lot of people, a lot of their neighbors have the same problems as them, I think it builds a consciousness in people. I...

Jane Fonda may have made their work famous with her movie and Dolly Parton with her music, but Ellen is clear in her  that the real accomplishment was collective action by women workers, not “leaning in”.  In 1981, they affiliated much of their work with the Service Employees International Union, becoming District 925 and then Local 925, which continues, but their strongest legacy may be...

Short but sweet: Shelly Anne joined ACORN Canada after getting evicted and hasn't looked back.  ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here: https://acorninternational.org/index.php/acorn-advocates/ Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world: https://socialpolicy.org/ Questions? Comments? E-mail re...

Kat Wright talks to Wade about how ACORN aggressively develops women leaders and organizers. ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here: https://acorninternational.org/index.php/acorn-advocates/ Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world: https://socialpolicy.org/ Questions? Comments? E-mail research@a...

In Manchester, bailiffs can seize people's property if they owe council tax, which is a form of local tax in the UK. ACORN members, like Manchester Chair Viv, are fighting to stop this terrorizing form of enforcement. In this episode, Member Defence Organiser Louisa interviews Viv, who talks about the campaign and how joining ACORN has transformed her life for the better.   Read more about th...

ACORN International's French affiliate, Alliance Citoyenne, organizes ordinary people--disabled people, tenants, Muslim women--to take what's rightfully theirs.  Head Organizer Adrien Roux speaks with Wade about European campaigns around weatherization/retrofitting, the Muslim Women's Union victories, and more. Check them out here: https://alliancecitoyenne.org/ ______ Support ACORN 's work a...

Holly, ACORN UK's Senior Remote Organizer, interviews Dan, secretary of ACORN Falmouth and Penryn in Cornwall: what it was like to start a group from scratch, the power of collective action that ACORN harnesses, organizing during the pandemic, and more.  ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here . Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in...

Wade interviews Phil Allen, Jr. about the recently-published, “ The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency From MLK to Darnella Frazier ” and the way video and cameras are tools for social change. ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here . Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world. Questi...

Red Hot City is "an incisive examination of how growth-at-all-costs planning and policy have exacerbated inequality and racial division in Atlanta. Atlanta, the capital of the American South, is at the red-hot core of expansion, inequality, and political relevance. In recent decades, central Atlanta has experienced heavily racialized gentrification while the suburbs have become more diverse, with...

By Toby Terrar. Read it in the Fall 2022 edition of Social Policy. ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here . Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world. Questions? Comments? E-mail research@acorninternational.org .

Check out Manny's book here .  "The burgeoning bottled water industry presents a paradox: Why do people choose expensive, environmentally destructive bottled water, rather than cheaper, sustainable, and more rigorously regulated tap water? The Profits of Distrust links citizens' choices about the water they drink to civic life more broadly, marshalling a rich variety of data on public opinion...

Wade's take on the 2022 Cost of Voting Report and its state rankings.  ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here . Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world. Questions? Comments? E-mail research@acorninternational.org .

Mary Gundel went viral on Tik Tok and has taken that energy into forming Dollar Store Workers United .  ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here . Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world. Questions? Comments? E-mail research@acorninternational.org .

Check out the book here . "Despite the disapproval that "visibly" Muslim women face in the West, the U.S. does not ban the hijab or niqab. Nevertheless, it does find a way to manage assertive Muslim women. How so? Subtly and without outright confrontation: through the courts, bureaucratic processes and liberal discourses. From a range of juridical decisions connected not only by a distinctly neoco...

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Celebrating 38 years of our KABF , Little Rock's community radio station! ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here . Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world. Questions? Comments? E-mail research@acorninternational.org.

In Our Veterans , Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early, and Jasper Craven explore the physical, emotional, social, economic, and psychological impact of military service and the problems that veterans face when they return to civilian life. The authors critically examine the role of advocacy organizations, philanthropies, corporations, and politicians who purport to be “pro-veteran.” They describe the ongo...

Our report on co-op board's lack of diversity makes a splash, and we look at a couple of the undemocratic ways entrenched leaders keep themselves in control of co-ops.  ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here . Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world. Questions? Comments? E-mail research@aco...

" Anthropocene Alliance (A2) has 125 member-communities in 35 U.S. states and territories. They are impacted by flooding, toxic waste, wildfires, and drought and heat — all compounded by reckless development and climate change. The consequence is broken lives and a ravaged environment. The goal of A2 is to help communities fight back. We do that by providing them organizing support, scientific and...

Our Rural Power Project just published findings about the shocking lack of diversity in the leadership of rural electric co-operatives. Read the report here . ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here . Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world. Questions? Comments? E-mail research@acorninternational...

"Deeply personal, astutely political, Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War recounts the thirteen-year journey of Jonathan Melrod to harness working-class militancy and jump start a revolution on the shop floor of American Motors. Melrod faces termination, dodges the FBI, outwits collaborators in the UAW, and becomes the central figure in a lawsuit against the labor newsle...

You live by the sword, James O'Keefe, you die by the sword.  ______ Support ACORN 's work around the world here . Subscribe to Social Policy , the journal of contemporary movements for social change in the workplace, the community, and the world. Questions? Comments? E-mail research@acorninternational.org.

Check out the book here! "An illuminating, in-depth look at competition in suburban high schools with growing numbers of Asian Americans, where white parents are determined to ensure that their children remain at the head of the class. The American suburb conjures an image of picturesque privilege: manicured lawns, quiet streets, and—most important to parents—high-quality schools. These elite encl...