ACORN, the new tip of the Cloward-Piven spear
In 1970, one of George Wiley's protégés, Wade Rathke -
like Bill Ayers, a member of the radical Students
for a Democratic Society (SDS) - was sent to found
the Arkansas Community Organizations for Reform Now.
While NWRO had made a good start, it alone couldn't
accomplish the Cloward-Piven goals.
Rathke's group broadened the offensive to include
a wide array of low income "rights."
Shortly thereafter they changed "Arkansas" to
"Association of" and ACORN went nationwide.
Today ACORN is involved in a wide array of activities,
including housing, voting rights, illegal immigration
and other issues.
According to ACORN's website: "ACORN is the nation's
largest grassroots community organization of low-
and moderate-income people with over 400,000 member
families organized into more than 1,200 neighborhood
chapters in 110 cities across the country," It is perhaps
the largest radical group in the U.S. and has been cited
for widespread criminal activity on many fronts.
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