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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."

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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."

    1 Year of ACORN Hackney!

    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.

    • 42 min
    Booting the Bailiffs in Manchester

    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 households across the city.

    • 25 min
    ACORN: Tanya Burkart on ACORN's ongoing fight against financialized landlords in Canada

    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.

    • 30 min
    Vicky Speech at RMT picket

    Vicky Speech at RMT picket

    A member of Live and Rent; Scotland's National Tenants Union.

    • 3 min
    Cannabis & Racial Justice WW; Tahira Rehmatullah- Wade's World

    Cannabis & Racial Justice WW; Tahira Rehmatullah- Wade's World

    Wade interviews Tahira Rehmatullah on cannabis, specifically on its legalization and tie to racial justice.

    • 29 min
    ACORN Tenant Unions are taking off in Calgary; Stephanie Haynes & Elaine Bruce-Haynes

    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.

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

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ACORN-Boots on the ground and back in town!

So excited to see this incredible org move into new fresh directions! Please tune in and see the amazing work being done across the world. Many other countries are pushing and making big changes-let’s tune in and catch up!

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