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I am a proud union teacher

By Kenneth Bernstein On March 22, 2011  

I stand with my unionized sisters and brothers, especially in Wisconsin, but everywhere where teachers and unions are under attack.

I am the lead union representative for more than 100 teachers in my school.

Today, all across the country, teachers are blogging their support for our unionized [...]

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The Wisconsin Recall and Protecting Child Predators

By Frederick Clarkson On March 13, 2011  

Wisconsin Republican State Senator Randy Hopper is a top target of the recall campaign being waged by Democrats and unions over Republican efforts to eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees. The backlash has already resulted in the surfacing of details of how his family values Republicanism may not be all that he would like [...]

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Right-Wing Lies About “Union Thugs” Becoming Downright Comical

By Joshua Holland On March 3, 2011  

It’s a tough job to portray pro-union demonstrators as “thugs” when the local police department is busy issuing press releases thanking them for conducting themselves “ with great decorum and civility.”

But the Right has never been known to let reality get in the way of a good story, and the intellectual gymnastics they’re performing [...]

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The bully boys of Wisconsin

By Susan Madrak On March 3, 2011  

Here’s the thing we all know: Right-wing Republicans don’t usually win if they’re honest about what they want to do. So in order to be successful, they have to lie, coerce, threaten, manipulate and cheat their way to victory. They can’t lead on the basis of their policies, because so few people [...]

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Walker’s Wisconsin Blueprint for Neo-Feudalism

By Paul Rosenberg On February 26, 2011  

In Walker’s grand plan, union-busting is joined with crony capitalism in the fire-sale of state assets and the moving of total conrol over health-care spending into the executive branch, and away from the legislature. It’s a 3-part plan for a new form of feudalism.

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In 1st Statement Since “Prank” Call, Defiant Koch Bros Vow to ‘Continue the Fight’ in Wisconsin

By Joshua Holland On February 25, 2011  

The Madison Capital Times:

In their first published remarks since a prank caller tricked Gov. Scott Walker into thinking he was speaking with big-bucks backer David Koch himself, Koch executives said that that hoax and nearly two weeks of Madison protests have only strengthened the Koch brothers’ determination to continue to use their billions [...]

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An open letter to residents of Wisconsin

By Kenneth Bernstein On February 24, 2011  

This diary is the contents of an email widely distributed by Cynthia Koebert. It was written by her mother Jo Koebert to her brother. I have the permission of both Koeberts to distribute. I urge you to read it and to pass it on

Here are the words of Jo Koebert:

I am a Wisconsin [...]

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What Is the Real Agenda of the Budget-Cutters?

By Dave Johnson On February 23, 2011  

What is the real agenda of the budget-cutters? Are they really trying to bring the country back from the edge of financial ruin? Or did they bring about the appearance of a borrowing crisis to create a public panic that enables them to impose “solutions” that change the very nature of our country — while [...]

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State Labor Attacks — Not Just Wisconsin

By Dave Johnson On February 22, 2011  

The attack on public-employee unions in Wisconsin is in the news because of the large Egypt-style turnout of supporters at the state capital (70,000 on Saturday!), and the dramatic theater effect of Democratic Senators leaving the state to delay a vote on the measure, and give the public time to rally.

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