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Sunday, February 27, 2011
PHOTOS, VIDEO: Massive Crowds ? and Organizing ? in Madison
MADISON, WI (FDL) - On a cold, snowy day in Madison, men and women from across the state have descended on the state Capitol. Inside is still packed, but outside, the stage on State Street has already drawn tens of thousands. A variety of music acts - including a union-friendly version of Eminem - have played for the audiences. Local news puts the number at at least 35,000 already - and the main march has been called for 3:00, two hours from now.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Letter of the day: The plight of the conservative public school teacher
Yesterday, I posted on public school teachers speaking truth to prog power — a topic I’ve been reporting on since the late-1990s, when I covered the battle of brave dissident educators who challenged the Washington Education Association’s misuse and abuse of forced dues for Democrat politics. Tonight, another public school teacher shared his thoughts with [...]
Op Wisconsin. Stand with our brothers!
Dear Citizens of the United States of America,
It has come to our attention that the brothers, David and Charles Koch--the billionaire owners of Koch Industries--have long attempted to usurp American Democracy. Their actions to undermine the legitimate political process in Wisconsin are the final straw. Starting today we fight back.
Koch Industries, and oligarchs like them, have most recently started to manipulate the political agenda in Wisconsin. Governor Walker's union-busting budget plan contains a clause that went nearly un-noticed. This clause would allow the sale of publicly owned utility plants in Wisconsin to private parties (specifically, Koch Industries) at any price, no matter how low, without a public bidding process. The Koch's have helped to fuel the unrest in Wisconsin and the drive behind the bill to eliminate the collective bargaining power of unions in a bid to gain a monopoly over the state's power supplies.
The Koch brothers have made a science of fabricating 'grassroots' organizations and advertising campaigns to support them in an attempt to sway voters based on their falsehoods. Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth and Citizens United are just a few of these organizations. In a world where corporate money has become the lifeblood of political influence, the labor unions are one of the few ways citizens have to fight against corporate greed. Anonymous cannot ignore the plight of the citizen-workers of Wisconsin, or the opportunity to fight for the people in America's broken political system. For these reasons, we feel that the Koch brothers threaten the United States democratic system and, by extension, all freedom-loving individuals everywhere. As such, we have no choice but to spread the word of the Koch brothers' political manipulation, their single-minded intent and the insidious truth of their actions in Wisconsin, for all to witness.
Anonymous hears the voice of the downtrodden American people, whose rights and liberties are being systematically removed one by one, even when their own government refuses to listen or worse - is complicit in these attacks. We are actively seeking vulnerabilities, but in the mean time we are calling for all supporters of true Democracy, and Freedom of The People, to boycott all Koch Industries' paper products. We welcome unions across the globe to join us in this boycott to show that you will not allow big business to dictate your freedom.
U.S. Product Boycott List
•Vanity Fair
•Quilted Northern
•Angel Soft
•Sparkle
•Brawny
•Mardi Gras
•Dixie
European Product Boycott List
•Demak'Up
•Kitten Soft
•Lotus / Lotus Soft
•Tenderly
•Nouvelle Soft
•Okay Ktchen Towels
•Colhogar
•Delica
•Inversoft
•Tutto
To identify these brands, please look for the following logo anywhere on the packaging:
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