WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RECALL MOVEMENT IN WISCONSIN? CAN YOU SAY CO-OPTATION? (Black Agenda Report) Without using that word, Bruce Dixon’s account of the devastating defeat of the effort to recall union-buster Scott Walker as Governor of Wisconsin follows exactly that scenario of what happens when political “movements” turn into political “campaigns.” The movement excitement [...]
U.S. COLLEGE STUDENT, WOULD YOU RATHER?—DROP OUT OF SCHOOL OR TAKE ON MORE STUDENT LOANS? (World Socialist) A New York Times article joins the parade of pundits and politicians who blame the “naivite” and irresponsibility of students and their parent for the ever-growing number of Americans facing debts from student loans that they cannot pay. Little [...]
“OUR SITUATION IS NOT EASY-WITH NO ONE HELPING US.” (IPS News) A refugee in southern Mali from civil strife in the north of the country voices this complaint. The World Food Programme is attempting to address the situation in a recent addition to African scenes of humanitarian crisis; but the help is slow in being delivered [...]
The federal government has put the brakes on one of the nation’s most controversial voter ID laws, agreeing with critics that legislation passed in Texas would unfairly target minority voters and possibly lead to mass disenfranchisement starting with this November’s election. At least 18 states have laws on the books that have had what could [...]
AFGHAN MASSACRE: CAN YOU SPELL M-Y-L-A-I? (World Socialist) Patrick Martin, reflecting on the rampage of killing by (apparently) one U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, reflects on parallels with My Lai and similar atrocities committed against Vietnamese civilians over 40 years ago. The situations are different on the surface, as the current incident involves, so for [...]
TOTAL RECALL: OVER ONE MILLION WISCONSIN VOTERS SIGN A PETITION TO REMOVE GOV. SCOTT WALKER FROM OFFICE VIA RECALL ELECTION. (Wisconsin State Journal) The long struggle against Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker reached a stunning crescendo on Tuesday as organizers of the effort to recall Walker turned in more than one million signatures for the [...]
There is no wording in the First Amendment granting citizens the right to free assembly so long as they pay for cleanup costs. The Constitution does not intimate that the people may protest their elected leaders only if they foot the bill for law enforcement. Just don’t tell that to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Walker, [...]
WHAT DO PUBLIC AGENCIES DO WHEN THEY FACE A BUDGET DEFICIT? WHY, THEY CUT SERVICES OF THEIR PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF COURSE. (The Nation) Just as free library services are all the more urgently-needed in difficult economic times, these “times” bring with them the pressure to reduce public expenditures for them. This is symbolized in the [...]
“FORTUNATELY FOR OHIO, PEOPLE THERE HAD A WAY TO DIRECTLY UNDO THE DAMAGE THEIR GOVERNOR DID. HERE, OUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO UNDO THE GOVERNOR’S TERM IN OFFICE.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Voters in Ohio soundly rejected the legislative overreach of Republican Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday by approving a referendum to repeal Kasich’s signature law [...]
WISCONSIN TEA PARTY; STATE GOES AFTER PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN PURSUIT OF AN “ANTI-ABORTION” AGENDA, CURTAILS PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN. In its 27 clinics around the state, Planned Parenthood is involved in encouraging contraception and treatment and precautionary protection against infectious diseases. With their funds drastically cut and with federal abortion funding [...]
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