Posted on 08/16/2007 4:22:45 AM PDT by NewMediaJournal
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has its roots in a coalition of welfare rights organizations which, since 1970, has fought for “social and economic justice” – in this, the land of social and economic freedom. The coalition experienced serious internal stresses when it was joined by organizations such as the Vietnam Veterans Organizing Committee (VVOC) and the Unemployed Workers Organizing Committee (UWOC), presumably a group that would punish the rest of us by...what?...refusing to accept their unemployment checks?
ACORN claims to represent more than 350,000 member families and 850 neighborhood chapters in 100 cities across the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, and the Dominican Republic, and they credit themselves with successful campaigns for better housing, healthcare, schools, job conditions, etc. Their members participate in local meetings, work on campaigns, and pay the organization’s expenses through membership dues and grassroots fundraisers.”
That is the public face of ACORN and it all sounds quite benign...until we take a much closer look at the role they play in helping organized labor swell the ranks of uninformed, disinterested, but obedient Democrat voters. For example, just what are those “grassroots fundraisers” that ACORN relies on to pay their neighborhood “activists?”
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If you thought the New Left was dead in America, think again. Walk through just about any of the nation’s inner cities, and you’re likely to find an office of ACORN, bustling with young people working 12-hour days to “organize the poor” and bring about “social change.” The largest radical group in the country, ACORN has 120,000 dues-paying members, chapters in 700 poor neighborhoods in 50 cities, and 30 years’ experience. It boasts two radio stations, a housing corporation, a law office, and affiliate relationships with a host of trade-union locals. Not only big, it is effective, with some remarkable successes in getting municipalities and state legislatures to enact its radical policy goals into law.
How the ?Living Wage? Sneaks Socialism into Cities
... Action and the Association for Community Reform Now, or ACORN, joined forces in 1995 in a national ?Campaign for an ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/840614/posts - April 17, 2003 - 53 KB
Schundler's reality tour
Posted on 09/09/2001 8:50 PM PDT by Politico2 ... called Associations of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). One member, Daryn Martin, continued to ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/519526/posts - February 10, 2003 - 21 KB
Onward fellow Marxists!
... Among the co-sponsors were ACORN, The Institute for America's Future and the Institute for Policy Studies, all ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/760376/posts - March 23, 2003 - 12 KB
(Illegal) Immigrant Activists Renew Efforts
Posted on 02/20/2002 11:51 PM PST by sarcasm Immigration advocates were nearly silent for months following Sept. 11, but now they are renewing their efforts to gain legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/632259/posts - April 11, 2003 - 47 KB
Living-wage laws threaten stability of some charities
... concept " says Bertha Lewis, executive director of New York Acorn. "Business groups were really counting on nonprofit ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/676984/posts - April 1, 2003 - 19 KB
With a Step Right, Senator Clinton Agitates the Left
Posted on 05/22/2002 0:24 AM PDT by sarcasm ... And Bertha Lewis, the executive director of New York Acorn, an advocacy group for the poor, noted that even Orrin G. ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/687469/posts - February 9, 2003 - 11 KB
WHAT'S BECOME OF LABOR?
... alliances with a range of left-wing groups---from Acorn, which agitates for tenant rights, to the Democratic Socialists ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a15844.htm - September 19, 2002 - 12 KB
Study cool to 'living wage' (Sacramento,CA)
... I once dated a guy who works for ACORN in Sacramento. ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/812547/posts - April 12, 2003 - 24 KB
'A Fair and Just Amnesty' [Free Republic]
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. ... was the product of years of coalition-building. ACORN and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights are ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3af32cbd08c4.htm - January 31, 2003 - 141 KB
NJ Democrat "Brownshirts" Harass Schundler, Spit on Campaign Worker
Posted on 09/05/2001 9:16 PM PDT by Antoninus Folks, this is unbelievable. Please read the following posts from the "Freepers in New Jersey" website. There are two disturbing trends going on here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/517490/posts - January 26, 2003 - 104 KB
Notices to Vacate Stun Area Renters
... said Brian Kettenring, head organizer of Sacramento ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/626500/posts - January 21, 2003 - 71 KB
N.O. voters approve minimum wage increase
Posted on 02/03/2002 7:10 PM PST by mikenola ... Orleans Hospitality, Hotels & Restaurants Organizing Council, or HOTROC, an ACORN ally that has tried to unionize hotels. ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/621235/posts - March 25, 2003 - 56 KB
Governor Puts Philadelphia School Plan on Hold
... the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as Acorn. "One of the things that we've been fighting ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/581860/posts - March 21, 2003 - 35 KB
As the article points out, the Dems are really vulnerable on this, yet the GOP doesn't seem bright enough to exploit it. The tie-in to the firing of the federal judges relative to this issue is also paramount to get to the public's eye. Why is the GOP asleep at the switch on so many of these opportunities?
O:ne has to wonder if being asleep is the problem. With all of the crap that has come out of Washingto DC, in the last few decades, it is difficult to imagine that one party could be responsible for all of it, without the other party pouncing on it and destroying them at every election.
ACORN is a CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE and should be RICO’d!
No argument from me, although I'd be content if the Jackals in the news media would simply question ACORN's representatives closely, and point out that they are highly partisan- not really "activists," but shills with several agendas...
Mostly what ACORN does is VOTE FRAUD! Organized VOTE FRAUD!
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