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Modern School: Mexican Cops Fire on Striking Teachers in Oaxaca

Modern School: Mexican Cops Fire on Striking Teachers in Oaxaca

Mexican Cops Fire on Striking Teachers in Oaxaca



Oaxacan teachers protesting a visit by President Felipe Calderon were attacked by riot police near the Zocolo on Tuesday. The cops fired tear gas and live ammunition at the teachers. The battle lasted for seven hours and left more than 20 people seriously injured. Teachers were protesting Calderon’s signing of legislation that allows the wealthy to deduct the costs of their children’s private school from their income taxes, money that would otherwise go toward public education for all children.

During the protests, federal police fired tear gas canisters at

School Tech Connect: Making Sh*t Up

School Tech Connect: Making Sh*t Up

Last Stand for Children First: Congressman Kimble on Wisconsin Teacher Rioters

Last Stand for Children First: Congressman Kimble on Wisconsin Teacher Rioters

Congressman Kimble on Wisconsin Teacher Rioters


My Friends,

I find myself becoming increasing alarmed by the rioting in Wisconsin this week. These people in Madison do not represent most of the people of the state regardless of what polls may say. The hearts of the people of Wisconsin are with the Tea Partiers on the bus from Virginia to come counter protest.

It bothers me that it has become so confrontational when this is really a simple economics issue. Everybody was thrilled when Scott Walker cut corporate taxes, but now comes the time to pay for those cuts and

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weaskamerica.com - admin | Feb 18, 2011 | 0 comments Right now, Wisconsin has some monster mojo going for it. A few weeks after the Packers’ Super Bowl triumph, Bucky Badger’s U of W basketball team beat top-ranked ...

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act.boldprogressives.org - The Wisconsin State Senate may vote as early as today. Gov. Walker has threatened to call out the National Guard against workers who protest his radical plan to cut benefits of middle class workers...

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democraticleader.gov - Leader Pelosi this afternoon:As we gather here, in Wisconsin right now we’re watching an extraordinary show of democracy in action. Wisconsin’s workers, teachers and public servants must have a sea...

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motherjones.com - If you need to know the basics of what's going on in Wisconsin, read on. If you're already up to speed, you can follow the action on Twitter or jump straight to today's updates from our reporter on...

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motherjones.com - After several days of union protests in Madison, Wisconsin, opposing Reublican Gov. Scott Walker's attempt to end collective bargaining rights for many state employees, tea party activists are mobi...

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redstate.com - The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) has stepped up their protest efforts in Madison, WI in an attempt to stop Governor Scott Walker’s efforts to close his state’s projected $3.6 Bill...

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lonelyconservative.com - The OFA fueled public employee union protests are spreading. The US is starting to look like the Middle East. When I turn on the TV it takes a minute to figure out whether I’m seeing pictures from ...

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prudencepaine.com - By Prudence, on February 18th, 2011 Last August, the Milwaulkee school district’s teacher’s union was all up in arms—insisting they get their Viagra pills put back into their relatively free health...

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motherjones.com - Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker, whose bill to kill collective bargaining rights for public-sector unions has caused an uproar among state employees, might not be where he is today witho...

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thinkprogress.org - Wisconsin’s newly elected Republican Gov. Scott Walker is facing a growing backlash over his attempt to cut pay and eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees in his state. Althoug...

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act.ly - Wisconsin’s Walker Calls for End of Collective Bargaining, Alerts National Guard From the AFL-CIO Now Blog, February 11, 2010 First Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker® announced a state budget plan that s...

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americansforprosperity.org - 2. Rally for Walker Governor Scott Walker has proposed his “Budget Repair Bill,” and has met resistance from unions. These cuts would save Wisconsin $30 million by June 30 and $300 million over the...

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dancody.org - A few people have asked why I'm so riled up about the union busting attempts by Gov. Walker this week. Fair question. There are many reasons frankly. I'm obviously a civil servant who took a pay cu...

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dailykos.com - First, we need to talk about those folks on the front lines, the Wisconsin State Senate Democrats. The WI State Senate Dems have raised nearly $40,000 this week! (a lot for those local races), and...

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host.madison.com - Amity Shlaes | Bloomberg News columnist madison.com | | Posted: Thursday, March 4, 2010 4:40 am NEW YORK — Last November, bosses at a certain company in Marlboro, N.J., went to employees asking for...

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cityofmadison.com - News Release Home For Immediate Release: Feb 18, 2011 For More Information Contact: Joel DeSpain 266-4897 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROTESTS Downtown Traffic Flow Interruptions Anticipated Again Large ...

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themediaconsortium.org - by Raquel Brown, Media Consortium blogger It’s been a tumultuous week in Madison, Wisconsin. Tens of thousands of state workers, teachers, and students have packed the state Capitol building to pro...

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aphiemi.wordpress.com - Americans for Prosperity believes in defending workers’ right to a secret ballot. However, union organizers and liberals want to take this right away. This would make it easier for union bosses to ...

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edreformeriffic.posterous.com - Walker has said the state is facing a $137 million deficit today. Why the discrepancy?-- Walker made a number of adjustments to Doyle’s estimates, mainly accounting for higher-than-expected Medicai...

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axley.com - Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill Implications for Public Sector EmployersPublished: February 18, 2011Author: Troy ThompsonOn February 11, 2011, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker released the details of h...

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thedailypage.com - Through the massive outer wooden revolving doors of the Capitol building, down the marble hallway lined with children and teachers holding signs, past the throngs of public employees chanting "What...

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therealca.ro - Everything here has changed. Our 14 Democrat senators are sitting in hotels somewhere across the state border, ordering delivery chinese food and posting tongue-in-cheek Facebook messages like, “B...

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wonkette.com - Those Teabaggers sure hate unions, huh? The Rockford Tea Party is running around the runaway Democratic state senators’ hotel in Illinois, bothering them when they’re just trying to get drunk and r...

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cddc.vt.edu - Writings of Marxists on Trade Unions, the General Strike, Soviets and Working Class Organisation. Marx and Engels Marx and Engels on Communist Organisation, 1846-1879.Even though The Communist Ma...

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redstate.com - "Organizing for America is mobilizing on the ground in Wisconsin..." Today is the third straight day of protests in Madison, Wisconsin as Barack Obama’s shock troops storm the state capitol to figh...

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wiafscme.org - Bus Schedule for Lobby Days and Rallies Lobby Day Bus Schedule (as of 11 p.m. Monday) February 15th and 16th Milwaukee Bus (Discovery Coach) Capacity 56 each Spot Time: 7:45 a.m. Leave Time: 8:00...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - Let's be clear: Whatever fiscal problems Wisconsin is -- or is not -- facing at the moment, they're not caused by labor unions. That's also true for New Jersey, for Ohio and for the other states. T...

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action.afscme.org - As AFSCME members, we stand in solidarity with Wisconsin and Ohio AFSCME members. Wisconsin is the birthplace of AFSCME, and the attack against public service workers there — or in Ohio, or whereve...

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neontommy.com - Amber Appelbaum, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, participated in Thursday’s protests. She spoke with Neon Tommy Editor-in-Chief Callie Schweitzer about what she saw, why she got in...

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