Feb 25
In the early 1970s the mayor of Madison was an old school Republican named William Dyke. He didn’t think much of the protestors continually beating a noisy and often destructive path up State Street to the Capitol to air their grievances.
Looking back, one might even concede him a point or two since many …
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Aug 20
By Brian Austin
Over the past year, I have thought often of George Orwell’s novel 1984. Certain aspects of Orwell’s dystopian vision of the future have lingered with me since I first read his 1949 novel as a high school student, more years ago than I care to discuss. One of the parts of the …
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Jul 09
By Bill Fletcher and Jane McAlevey – Before Wisconsinites voted down the attempt to recall Governor Scott Walker, and certainly since, principled progressives inside and outside of unions have disagreed on whether or not the campaign should have happened. In fact, between the two of us, we don’t fully agree about whether or not the …
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Jun 13
By Jim Cavanaugh
The results of the Wisconsin recall election were very similar to the first run of this match up in November 2010. This means that the radical right agenda of the GOPs elected in 2010 has not turned off the voters.
Which begs the question, how can a government of the 1% receive …
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