Wisconsin Republican senators leave through secret tunnel after march 9th vote WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Democracy Now: Michael Moore Calls For Renewed Pro-Democracy Movement as Anti-Union Bills Approved Across the U.S. WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Truthout: Scott Walker, Reagan's Self-Appointed Heir *March 10, 2011-* With the latest turn of events in Wisconsin, Republican state senators have circumvented the need for a quorum vote on Scott Walker's budget bill by leaving out the fiscal clauses and passing the new laws curbing collective ...
Robert Reich: Governor Walker’s Coup D’Etat *March 10,2011-* Governor Scott Walker and his Wisconsin senate Republicans have laid bare the motives for their coup d’etat. By severing the financial part of the bill (which couldn’t be passed without absent Democrats) from the part eliminating the ...
Cenk Uygur: Gov. Walker 'Bites Ear Off' - Senator Brown & Jesse Jackson WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Think Progress: Wisconsin Can Repeal Walker's Anti-Union Bill In 2012 And Amend The State Constitution In 2013 *March 10, 2011- *Last night, Wisconsin Senate Republicans abandoned any remaining pretenses that a bill stripping state workers of their collective bargaining rights has anything whatsoever to do with the state’s finances, and rammed the bill ...
Wisconsin State Rep. Peter Barca speaks on Day 25 of Wisconsin protests WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Travesty of Justice WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Truthout: Then They Came for the Trade Unionists *March 10, 2011-* On this day, it behooves us to remember the words of Martin Niemoller. "First they came for the communists," he wrote, "and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak ...
Truthout: The Corporate/GOP Attack on America's Middle Class *March 9, 2011-* The most revealing comments by politicians are rarely revealed. This is because they're made in unrecorded conversations, when politicos let their guard down. However, in a recent sting, blogger Ian Murphy recorded a revealing phone ...
Rachel Maddow: Michael Moore "If You Live Within Driving Distance Of The Wisconsin Capitol GO THERE! THIS IS WAR!" WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
WE ARE ONE: APRIL 4 -- NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION WATCH ON YOUTUBE: WE ARE ONE WEBSITE:
Talking Points Memo: Wis. Capitol Tense As Assembly Delays Vote On Anti-Union Bill *March 10, 2011-* A bill may have passed the senate, but the standoff continues in Wisconsin, where the state Capitol building in Madison was on lockdown Thursday morning -- preventing the entrance of not only protesters, but also staff, members of ...
Scott Walker Says David Duke a "Media Creation" and Duke's Issues "Not Extreme" WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Madison Firefighters Prez Calls For General Strike WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
AP: Raw Video: Protesters Hauled From Wis. Capitol WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Daily Page: Wisconsin Republican senators skedaddle from Capitol on Madison Metro bus *March 10, 2011-* Police officers used a Madison Metro bus to transport Republican senators out of the state Capitol after they approved parts of Gov. Scott Walker's "budget-repair bill" in a hastily called session Wednesday night. At around 6:30 ...
Mother Jones: Wisconsin GOP Bill Allows State to Fire Employees for Strikes, Walk-Outs *March 10, 2011-* On Wednesday night, Republicans in Wisconsin's state senate rammed through a retooled version of Governor Scott Walker's controversial "budget repair bill" with the 14 senate Democrats still in hiding in Illinois. The senate bill ...
Washington Post: What Wisconsin Democrats can teach Washington Democrats *March 10, 2011-* Consider the contrast between two groups of Democrats, in Wisconsin and in the nation's capital. Washington Democrats, including President Obama, have allowed conservative Republicans to dominate the budget debate so far. As long as ...
People shout "Shame!" as Republicans vote to destroy labor rights. WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
The Cap Times: Tears and resolve after Capitol vote *March 10, 2011-* Tears flowed freely from the eyes of several protesters while others had a look of stony resolve when it became clear that the state Assembly had, as expected, voted Thursday to approve a bill that sharply curtails collective ...
The Cap Times: Officials file complaints with DA and AG on controversial Capitol vote *March 10, 2011-* Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, filed a complaint Thursday morning with the Dane County district attorney charging that the Joint Conference Committee that convened at 6 p.m. Wednesday and passed an amended version ...
