They know that the economic and political set up in this country isn’t working for us, so they set up ACORN to win the power and representation we are entitled to.
The idea is simple – a national community organisation along the lines of a trade union; organising our communities and fighting for a better quality of life. What began with a few local residents trying to tackle slum housing in their neighbourhood has quickly developed into a national organisation with thousands of members and branches across the country.
Inequality and social problems are about power: who has power and in whose interests it is used. They believe that the only way we’ll see meaningful action is if we can counter the individual power of money and establishment politics with the power of people taking collective action. Every day they hear the issues facing our communities: rising housing costs, unemployment, stagnant wages and brutal cuts that have starved our public services. Wealth is being transferred upwards, and the only solution is for people to get organised and win it back.
We power society and keep it going. We are entitled to exercise power in that society and to receive our fair share of what we produce. Nurses, shop workers, delivery drivers, carers, parents: we raise the young, support the elderly, and produce the country’s wealth.
ACORN takes international solidarity seriously. They work with their sister organisations in ACORN International to coordinate our struggles for freedom, to create ties of friendship and support across borders, and to unify the working class across the globe.
They know they can win because they’ve already started. Their victories already add up to tens of millions but ACORN is more than just pounds and pence – they are showing that by working together, we can refresh and rebuild democracy and the fabric of our communities.
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