Comments on: FDL Book Salon Welcomes Wade Rathke, Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families

By: billybugs

billybugs — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:03:00 +0000

Thanks again for stopping by

( I just couldn’t resist the WalMart question)

By: Wade Rathke

Wade Rathke — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:00:14 +0000

Thanks to everyone on the lake. This was fun and I appreciate the feedback!

By: BevW

BevW — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:00:02 +0000

As we come to the end of this interesting Book Salon,

Wade, Thank you for stopping by the Lake and spending the afternoon with us discussing your new book and ACORN.

Tula, Thank you very much for Hosting this Book Salon.

Everyone, if you have not bought Wade’s book yet, here is a link.

Thanks all.

By: Wade Rathke

Wade Rathke — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:59:12 +0000

i think they are attacking me virtually for breathing, so I’m not sure how much of their anger i’m really EARNING right now. When i came back from working with organizers in Sicily recently and someone sent me a YouTube where this guy Glenn Beck was stalking me on my travels around the world, it was a little bizarre, but…these are the times and power concedes nothing without struggle, so we need to do everything we can now!

By: RevBev

RevBev — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:59:03 +0000

Good luck….and good luck in New Orleans….housing, schools….let it come back better.

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:58:48 +0000

WaPo0 from 3/22/09: Executives Detail Labor Bill Compromise

By: YoMo

YoMo — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:57:54 +0000

Can you explain why wealth or income disparity increases violence, as per the NYT article: • Among both American states and Canadian provinces, homicide rates closely track income inequality, even after the absolute level of income itself is carefully controlled for. That homicide is not driven by poverty alone is demonstrated by Canada, where, because of aggressive redistributive policies, the poorest provinces have the lowest inequalities and also the lowest number of violent deaths.

By: Wade Rathke

Wade Rathke — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:57:14 +0000

Not a chance this side of hell and high water. But, it’s easy to get everywhere else. Give it a look, billy, and spread the good word!

By: Tula Connell

Tula Connell — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:57:11 +0000

It’s a sure sign you’re a success when Fox & CO are worried enough about your message to be reading you. Congrats, Wade!

By: Wade Rathke

Wade Rathke — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:56:26 +0000

that one may have slipped by me, so thanks for bringing it forward. COSTCO is often presented as the WalMart alternative, and certainly that do pay higher wages, but other than retaining the Teamster contracts from the Price Club purchase, I think they have been virtually as resistant to new organizing as any of the rest of these outfits. It’s a pleasure to stumble into a Starbucks in Vancouver organized by the Canadian Auto Workers, but in the main, these are all good examples of fowls of a feather.