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ACORN Radio
by ACORN Radio
Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acornradio/subscribeRadio 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
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Wade’s World: UN with Thant Myint U
Wade’s interview on United Nations past and future with grandson of U-Thant, the Secretary-General from 1961-70
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Maritimes and Beyond: Challenging the UCP on Rent Control and Housing in Alberta!
Nichola has an informative discussion with Janis Irwin, the NDP Shadow Minister for Housing and MLA for Edmonton Highlands-Norwood, regarding the housing situation in Alberta. They discuss the private member’s bill that Janis introduced during the winter of 2023-2024, expressing frustration over...
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ACORN Bristol: Justice for Barton House
ACORN UK organiser Sam Kidel talks to Bristol leaders Wesley and Fadumo about organising residents of Barton House in Bristol in the UK.
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People Power in Preston
ACORN UK organiser Jamie talks to Gina about getting organised in Preston.
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Carers Fight Back in Leeds
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.
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1 Year of ACORN Hackney
ACORN UK's Ben Leonard talks to the ACORN Hackney committee about everything they've managed to achieve in their first year of organising.
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Booting the Bailiffs in Manchester
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...
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ACORN: Tanya Burkart on ACORN's ongoing fight against financialized landlords in Canada
Farzard Khan interviews Tanya Burkhardt, who is the local leader of PLACORN, and the national spokesperson for the fight against financialized housing.
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Vicky Speech at RMT picket
A member of Live and Rent; Scotland's National Tenants Union.
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Cannabis & Racial Justice WW; Tahira Rehmatullah- Wade's World
Wade interviews Tahira Rehmatullah on cannabis, specifically on its legalization and tie to racial justice.
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ACORN Tenant Unions are taking off in Calgary; Stephanie Haynes & Elaine Bruce-Haynes
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.
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Wade's World: Abolishing Family Court with Jane Spinak
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!
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Jobs and Climate: a discussion with Todd Vachon- Wade's World
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!
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Glasgow's Annie Craig Speaks About the Power of Unions at Enough is Enough
Annie Craig from Living Rent speaking at an Enough is Enough rally! __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover costs and gets you subscriber only content from the archives and more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acornradio/subscribe
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WELCOME WALES!
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! __ Support the International by subscribing to...
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Volunteers, Activists, and Paid Staff - Chief Organizer's Report
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? __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover costs and gets…
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Canada's Amanda Teske on Stepping into Leadership
Newly elected Ottawa board member Amanda Teske on what made her step up! __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover costs and gets you subscriber only content from the archives and more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acornradio/subscribe
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Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers - Wade's World
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...
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Building Power in a Housing Crisis: 5 Years of ACORN Brighton's Growth
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. __ Support the...
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Living Rent's Elle Glenny on Winning a Scotland-wide Rent Freeze
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! __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover costs and...
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Unions Working Outside the Headlines - Chief Organizer's Report
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. __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us…
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Bader Abu-Zahra from Ottawa
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. __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover costs and gets you subscriber only content from the...
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Labor Jawn's Interview with Wade Rathke - A Rebroadcast!
Labor Jawn, Philadelphia's only locally grown locally focused working class history podcast, interviewed Wade ahead of his swing through the Northeast. They had a wide-ranging conversation about the history of ACORN, Wade's experiences organizing workers in Philly, and what kind of strategy is...
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Renters' Reform Coalition Day of Action
After years of pressure from ACORN and other renters' organizations, the UK government has published its proposed Renters' Reform Bill. Several weeks back, ACORN members and others from the the Renters' Reform Coalition visited their parliamentary representatives to urge them to get behind…
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Listening in the People's Republic of Massachusetts - Chief Organizer's Report
Wade reflects on the meeting with organizers and activists in Boston and Western Mass. "Listening carefully, it’s exciting to hear the interest and see the deep commitments that people are making to their work in social change. At the same time, it often seems clearer what people are trying to...
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A Newly Elected Leader in Ottawa Fighting Renovictions
Amanda Teske talks about her work in a new chapter of Ottawa ACORN fighting what they call "renovictions" in Canada, where an owner pushes renters out with the justification that their property needs renovation. __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover...
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Hesitating at the Door - Chief Organizer's Report
Tragic headlines and fears of alienation have made some Americans reticent to knock on their neighbors' doors. Do we have another choice? __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover costs and gets you subscriber only content from the archives and more:...
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Cleaning Up Darnall
Misha and Khaseya talk about their campaign to get Darnall's streets ship-shape. __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover costs and gets you subscriber only content from the archives and more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acornradio/subscribe
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ACORN Birmingham Taking Action on Slumlords
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ACORN Bradford Talks Member Defense
Rizi Yasin and Mike Black talk with organizer Jamie about they used strength in numbers to win more than £40k in repairs as member defense. __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover costs and gets you subscriber only content from the archives and more:...
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ACORN Peel's Marcia Bryan on Canada's Fights for Fair Lending and Housing
ACORN Canada's Marcia Bryan on some of the biggest fights ACORN Peel is engaged in. __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover costs and gets you subscriber only content from the archives and more:...
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Labor Power and Strategy: A Discussion with John Womack and Peter Olney - Wade's World
Wade sits down with Professor John Womack and former ILWU Organizing Director Peter Olney to discuss their new book, Labor Power and Strategy. "What would it take to topple Amazon? To change how health care works in America? To break up the media monopolies that have taken hold of our information...
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£100 MILLION FIRE SAFETY WIN in Bristol, UK
After a fatal fire late in 2022, residents got organised with @acorn_bristol to campaign for fire safety measures, and they won! Shaban, a leader of Bristol Towers United, chats with Bristol's head organizer about how £100m worth of fire safety measures will now be implemented across all of...
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Blueprints of Disruption's Interview with ACORN Canada
This is a special rebroadcast of Blueprints of Disruption's interview with Alejandra Ruiz Vargas. It's a great dialogue that covers how ACORN works and ACORN Canada's big campaigns against renovictions, for rent control, and others. Check out Blueprints of Disruption, a great show about Canadian...
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When Air is Inhuman, To Fix is Divine - Chief Organizer's Report
Wade reflects on his years visiting Delhi and Mumbai and notes a concerning new trend. __ Support the International by subscribing to ACORN Radio! Your $2.99 helps us cover costs and gets you subscriber only content from the archives and more: https://anchor.fm/acornradio/subscribe
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Newcastle! Re-Opening Public Toilets, Building Tenant Unions, Stopping Evictions, and Beyond
It's a barnburner with ACORN Newcastle! Serious heart AND brains on display here: deep insights into research, direct action, campaign strategy, leadership development, tactics-- all hard won through struggles to reopen Newcastle's public toilets and force landlords to institute eviction...
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Welcome to the "New" New Delhi - Chief Organizer's Report
Wade touches down in India and reflects on the changes since he was last there. Modi's government has laid out the red carpet for the G20, not so much for everyone else. __ Subscribe to ACORN Radio! https://anchor.fm/acornradio/subscribe
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Lies, Videotape, and Tucker Carlson - Chief Organizer's Report
Tucker Carlson-- do we have to keep hearing about him?? Unfortunately, yes. Most recently, he took a page from James O'Keefe's playbook and made a ridiculous distortion of the events of January 6th. __ Subscribe to ACORN Radio! https://anchor.fm/acornradio/subscribe
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Swindon's Seniors' Fight for Dignity
In Swindon, the local council threatened to cut back on resources and help for seniors in sheltered housing--including slashing the number of on-site staff, or wardens, for each residence. The wardens there are essential supports, friends, and lifelines to older folks. When ACORN got wind of the...
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Trailer: 1974 ACORN Documentary
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"The Moment Was Now!" Gene Bruskin's Movement Musical - Wade's World
Wade interviews playwright (and labor organizer) Gene Bruskin about his musical based on the Reconstruction and a meeting of the National Labor Union in 1870s. They also discuss the Smithfield union victory and the problems of organizing Amazon, as well as a coming musical about abolitionist John...
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Being a Membership Officer - ACORN England and Wales Calling
National Organiser for ACORN the Union in England and Wales Dave Aldwinkle speaks with Alistair Driscoll. Alistair was recently elected to the position of membership officer for the Leeds branch. He gives insight to what the role is, how and why we engage our members, and his experience from...
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Banning Bailiffs in North London
In England, a number of municipalities contract with bailiffs to do in your face debt collection on council taxes. It's a humiliating, often violent experience for the people on the receiving end of a bailiff's knock. ACORN members are campaigning in the North London borough of Haringey to put a...
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Drawing Deportation: Art and Resistance Among Immigrant Children - Wade's World
Wade interviews Professor Silvia Rodriguez Vega of University of California at Santa Barbara about recent studies she conducted on the impact on children in immigrant families who live in constant fear about personal or family deportation and their immigrant status. Professor Vega summarizes the...
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Unions on the Offense and Defense - Chief Organizer's Report
The picture is looking a bit grimmer in 2023 than it did in 2022. __ Subscribe to ACORN Radio! https://anchor.fm/acornradio/subscribe
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Speed Free Lockleaze!
In this episode we hear from ACORN Lockleaze members Adrian Andrew and Evelyne Ndikumwami. Lockleaze is a local group which is part of ACORN Bristol, the biggest branch of ACORN the Union in England and Wales. Adrian and Evelyne discuss why they joined, their campaign to reduce speeding and...
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Betting is Overwhelming Sports - Chief Organizer's Report
With the Super Bowl behind us, Wade takes on the explosion of sports betting. ______ 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...
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ACORN Canada : Fighting Bill 23 in Ottawa
Ashley, Bader Abu-Zahra, and Eddy Roué talk about their work in Ottawa fighting the Conservative government's Bill 23. ______ 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...
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Why Would Anyone Trust the Police These Days? - Chief Organizer's Report
Wade Rathke on the justified public distrust toward out of control police. ______ 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...
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Training to Resist Evictions in Manchester
Putting your body on the line to stop the eviction of another member of your community is what ACORN's all about, but it's intense stuff. It takes training and trust to get ready. This episode features Charlotte from Manchester about her experiences getting ready for an eviction defense, and we...
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acornradio/subscribeRadio 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."
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