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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Protesters Retake Wisconsin Capitol after Republicans Pass Anti-Union Bill | Labor NotesProtesters Retake Wisconsin Capitol after Republicans Pass Anti-Union BillJane Slaughter and Mischa Gaus| Ma...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Robert Reich (Governor Walker's Coup D'Etat)Governor Walker's Coup D'Etat4 people liked thisGovernor Scott Walker and his Wisconsin senate Republicans have laid bare the motives for their coup d’et...

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defendwisconsin.org - After the legislature’s surprise move yesterday to ram through the union-busting measures of the budget-repair bill, the TAA encouraged its members and others to stay in the Capitol building to con...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - ThinkProgress » Wisconsin GOP Anti-Union Vote Violates State’s Open Meetings LawWisconsin GOP Anti-Union Vote Violates State’s Open Meetings LawLast night, Wisconsin GOP lawmakers called a surprise...

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defendwisconsin.org - The Capital Times is reporting that the King St. and North Hamilton St. entrances to the Capitol are now open. 11:25 a.m. — Hundreds of students from West High School marched up State Street and ar...

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host.madison.com - State Journal, Cap Times staff madison.com | | Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:20 am For continuing coverage of the situation at the Capitol, go to our live blog on madison.com. 11:25 a.m. — Hu...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Activities | Support Our Union | Legislative Resources | Issues & Advocacy | Wisconsin Education Association CouncilKeep raising your voice!ANOTHER LARGE RALLY PLANNEDFOR SATURDAY, MARCH 12AT THE S...

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wisconsininsider.typepad.com - It's comfirmed. The "debate" that is taking place right now is not being piped in through the capitol speakers like it had been in the past. Even with the small number of people being let in, they ...

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channel3000.com - Updated: 11:33 am CST March 10, 2011MADISON, Wis. -- The chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party says donations are flooding in following the abrupt passage of a bill taking away most collective...

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solidaritywisconsin.com - When the Capitol has been occupied with drums constant and chanting and when I can read the pieced-together posters and manifestos stuck on the walls, I’ve experienced a recharge of spirit. It is l...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Modern School: Bank Occupation & Growing Worker MilitancyBank Occupation & Growing Worker Militancy Protesters from the National People’s Action occupied the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch ...

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thenation.com - "If you think that by hanging us you can stamp out the labor movement, then hang us. Here you will tread upon a spark, but here, and there, and behind you, and in front of you, the flames will blaz...

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host.madison.com - Wisconsin Senate Democrats who fled to Illinois three weeks ago are coming back. Sen. Jim Holperin said Thursday that he was on his way home to Conover and other Democrats were either on their way ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Democurmudgeon: Shock Doctrine, Gov. Walker Style. Author Naomi Klein's message to Wisconsin.Shock Doctrine, Gov. Walker Style. Author Naomi Klein's message to Wisconsin.by DemocurmudgeonThere are ...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - Posted at 10:23 AM ET, 03/10/2011By Greg SargentA strong statement from fomer Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, who seems to endorse the push to recall Wisconsin GOP officials:"Last night will be re...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: Ed News Now, #wiunionBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 11 hours Back to front page HEADLINES EDUCATION POLIT...

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prwatch.org - Since Monday, February 14, tens of thousands of Wisconsin residents have been flooding the State Capitol in Madison in protest of Governor Walker's proposed budget "repair" bill that would end 50 y...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Democurmudgeon: Fitzgerald Admits on Fox News Busting Unions the Way to Beat Obama.Fitzgerald Admits on Fox News Busting Unions the Way to Beat Obama. MSNBC's Cenk Uygur takes a look at Rove's big ...

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host.madison.com - MATTHEW DeFOUR | mdefour@madison.com | 608-252-6144 madison.com | | Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:26 am Hundreds of students at multiple Madison middle and high schools were reportedly walkin...

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wkow.com - MADISON (WKOW) -- Rallies are underway outside the state Capitol, less than 24 hours after Republican Senators stripped the original budget repair bill of all measures in which money would be spen...

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dekerivers.wordpress.com - 11:40 A.M. artsydaemon: RT @MikeElk: Madison Police and Dane County Sheriff have refused to remove protesters, Walker has called in State Troopers to do job #wiunion mbrakken: RT @WORTnews: Shaken ...

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dailycensored.com - Protest at the State Capitol – Arrive as early as possible. Saturday March 12Protest at the State Capitol — activities all day – Main rally 3 PMBuses leaving from MTEA, Voces de la Frontera and ASF...

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solidaritywisconsin.com - Brief summary of what happened tonight from the Washington Post

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edweek.org - January 28, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - MARCH 10: STATEWIDE RALLIES IN WISCONSIN | www.kochwatch.orgMARCH 10: STATEWIDE RALLIES IN WISCONSIN via SEIU- March 9, 2011- Late Wednesday night, Republicans just rigged the rules and stripped wo...

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host.madison.com - The Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating an e-mail threatening the lives of some Republican state senators. DOJ spokesman William Cosh says the Division of Criminal Investigation is inv...

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host.madison.com - JUDITH DAVIDOFF | The Capital Times | jdavidoff@madison.com madison.com | | Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:43 am Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, filed a complaint Thursday mor...

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blog.aflcio.org - What happened last night in the Wisconsin State Legislature is not democracy. It was back-door deal-making, twisted partisan politics not worthy of America, says AFL-CIO Richard Trumka, vowing that...

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dekerivers.wordpress.com - I had a Speaker Boehner moment Wednesday night as I neared the Wisconsin State Capitol. Honking horns filled the air three blocks out from where the grand dome of the Capitol looms large. Leading...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Latest From Wisconsin « Student ActivismThe Latest From Wisconsinby Angus JohnstonYesterday evening, as most of you know, the Republican majority in the Wisconsin State Senate pushed through a ...

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msnbc.msn.com - MADISON, Wis. — Republicans pushed a provision stripping public employees of their collective bargaining rights through the state Senate Wednesday evening after finding a way to bypass the chamber'...

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defendwisconsin.org - 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. Wedne...

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620wtmj.com - Story Created: Mar 10, 2011 Story Updated: Mar 10, 2011 MADISON - The State Department of Justice confirms that it is investigating several death threats against a number of lawmakers in response t...

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motherjones.com - 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 hid...

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seattleducation2010.wordpress.com - Today, Thursday, March 10th at 5:30 PM there will be a rally in support of teachers and other union workers in Wisconsin at Westlake Center. Per the press release by SEE: Stand in solidarity with u...

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kochwatch.org - March 10, 2011- Former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), who was defeated in the same 2010 Republican wave that swept Scott Walker into the governor's mansion, has released a statement lambasting Wednesda...

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kochwatch.org - March 10, 2011- Some states have laws to protect you from high-pressure sales men and women. For instance, in Illinois, a person can receive a full refund on a health insurance policy if the actual...

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politico.com - So much for solidarity, Democrats are saying, after catching wind of a union-sponsored party for House Republicans Wednesday night.The party, thrown by a coalition of 15 labor groups at the Capitol...

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dscc.org - Republicans in Washington are trying to balance the national budget on the backs of those who can least afford it. Now in Wisconsin, the GOP is attacking teachers, prison guards and other public em...

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dailycaller.com - 1.) Wisconsin Dems, teachers, can get back to work now — Public school teachers and Democratic Party fundraisers in Madison shouted ugly things last night at the top of their lungs, but they couldn...

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millermps.wordpress.com - Madison – The Assembly will delay a vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill until later Thursday. The Assembly was scheduled to take up the bill at 11 a.m. but has had to delay action becaus...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: What is at stakeWhat is at stakeby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)a few thoughts that come to mind after the atrocities to democracy seen in the legislatures in Wisconsin, Michigan and Okl...

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dekerivers.wordpress.com - Authorities at the state Capitol are physically removing protesters who’ve gathered near the entrance to the Assembly chamber. This a very unfortunate turn of events. Democracy in Wisconsin has ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Breaking: Madison Rally Moved to 5 P.M. | AFL-CIO NOW BLOGBreaking: Madison Rally Moved to 5 P.M. by James Parks, Mar 10, 201110ShareBreaking: The mass rally set for this morning in Madison, Wis., ...

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news.firedoglake.com - It shouldn’t be too long before the Wisconsin legislature finishes off a bill to strip collective bargaining rights from public employees. The State Assembly gaveled into session at 12:34pm CT. Pet...

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obrag.org - Here is our open thread for today on what’s happening in Madison, Wisconsin. 9:05 a.m. PST – Last night WI Republican Senators illegally held a vote and passed a bill outlawing public employee coll...

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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - The Suicide Of The Republican Party, Keith Olbermann, Posted on March 9, 2011Still having never learned to be calm, retract their claws, and sit around and act rationally in a situation that calls ...

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huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- Dealt a major setback Wednesday night in a high-stakes battle over union rights in Wisconsin, labor leaders nevertheless insisted that they would emerge from the three-week long saga ...

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blog.aflcio.org - Thousands of working familes are gathering in Madison this morning and statewide for a 9 a.m. CT rally to protest last night’s rigged vote in the state Senate to eliminate the rights of public emp...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - After a lengthy political standoff, Wisconsin state Senate Republicans used a bit of legislative fancywork to pass a bill this evening that effectively strips public-sector unions of the right to c...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - News & Publications | Wisconsin Education Association Council > Statement from WEAC President Mary Bell on Senate voteStatement from WEAC President Mary Bell on Senate votePosted: 3/9/2011 7:37:36 ...

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capitolfax.com - * The Wisconsin Senate last night stripped the collective bargaining provisions from their budget bill, which allowed them to vote to remove most collective bargaining rights from public employee u...

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guardian.co.uk - 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 n...

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host.madison.com - STEVEN ELBOW | The Capital Times | selbow@madison.com madison.com | | Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011 1:00 pm Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has accused advisers for President Barack Obam...

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kochwatch.org - You are hereEd Schultz: Actions of Wisconsin GOP "Disgusting"

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kochwatch.org - You are hereThom Hartmann: In Wisconsin "starve the beast" is almost complete

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