ACORN Radio
Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acornradio/subscribe Radio for taking what's ours! Featuring: • Chief Organizer Report: legendary community organizer Wade Rathke's regular updates. • ACORN England and Wales Calling: in-depth interviews with members, leaders, and organizers of the UK's most dynamic community organization. • Social Policy: audio versions of journal articles and book excerpts. • ACORN Canada: Updates from the 130,000-member strong organization. • Wade's World: Wade interviews "the most interesting people in the world."
Episodes
ACORN UK organiser Sam Kidel talks to Bristol leaders Wesley and Fadumo about organising residents of Barton House in Bristol in the UK.
ACORN UK organiser Jamie talks to Gina about getting organised in Preston.
ACORN UK organiser Anna Windsor talks to ACORN Leeds chair Jodi about the branch's win against the local council, and their new campaign to get justice for ACORN members fighting for better employment conditions at a local care company.
ACORN UK's Ben Leonard talks to the ACORN Hackney committee about everything they've managed to achieve in their first year of organising.
ACORN UK organiser Louisa Olympios talks to Paula and Alison from the ACORN Manchester committee about their recent victory against Manchester City Council!
Because of their hard-fought campaign, Manchester City Council were forced to stop using bailiffs to collect debt from 50,000 vulnerable households across the city.
Farzard Khan interviews Tanya Burkhardt, who is the local leader of PLACORN, and the national spokesperson for the fight against financialized housing.
A member of Live and Rent; Scotland's National Tenants Union.
Wade interviews Tahira Rehmatullah on cannabis, specifically on its legalization and tie to racial justice.
ACORN Canada Radio interviews the mother daughter duo of Stephanie Hanyes and Elaine Bruce-Haynes who have organized the Panorama Court ACORN Tenant Union at their building in Calgary’s Beltline.
Wade interviews Professor Jane Spinak, who has been teaching and practicing Family Court for over 40 years. Why do we need to abolish the Family Court? Your questions answered!
Wade talks to Todd Vachon, who is a professor of labour studies and employment relations at Rutgers University. This episode looks into labour and climate; not two peas in a pod!
Annie Craig from Living Rent speaking at an Enough is Enough rally!
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Dan Edwards, member of the Board of Directors of ACORN in Wales, chats with Kat Wright and gives us a broad overview of Wales' unique position, working-class history, and how ACORN came on the scene. This is the first Welsh episode of ACORN Radio!
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Wade reflects on a thorny dilemma faced by some of the upstart organizations we encountered on our training tour of the US Northeast--can organizations be run and maintained by volunteers alone?
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Newly elected Ottawa board member Amanda Teske on what made her step up!
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Wade chats with Ahmed White about his groundbreaking new look at the legal repression inflicted on the Industrial Workers of the World during the union's heyday. Read more about the book and order it here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520382404/under-the-iron-heel
"In 1917, the Industrial Workers of the World was rapidly gaining strength and members. Within a decade, this radical union was effectively destroyed, t...
Organiser Naomi sits down with former ACORN Brighton's chair Kate to discuss how ACORN Brighton grew from 0 to 800 members, the challenges and opportunities of organising in a city badly affected by the housing crisis, the necessity of empowering women leaders, and more.
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This is a speech by Living Rent (ACORN's Scotland affiliate) member Elle Glenny at an event in Liverpool. Here they are talking about how we fought and won the rent freeze and what needs to come next!
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Heartening signs and portents talking with labor organizers on our trip through the Northeast U.S., including from Workers United, the Committee of Interns and Residents (SEIU), and the Amalgamated Transit Union.
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Ottawa leader Bader Abu-Zahra gives an overview of the housing struggles he's been involved in, why he joined ACORN, and what keeps him going in the work.
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