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Category Archives: Students
Showing fear, Fitzwalkerstan Cultists aim to change Recall rules in the middle of the game
Knowing that the voting numbers are there to recall Walker and perhaps other Republican State Senators in 2012, the usual cast of the Fitzwalkerstan Cult is aiming to change the rules for recall efforts and voting in Wisconsin in general. These shameful Koch apparatchiks love America until it gets into… Read the full story »
Posted in Elections, Fitzwalkerstan, Recall, Students, Voter ID
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March 1, 2011-College dropout Walker to announce major cuts in Wisconsin education funding
At 4PM at the Capitol in Madison, Scott Walker will use extra police and security measures to not allow Wisconsinites to have access to the Capitol as he delivers his budget address which features over $1 billion in cuts to overall state aid, mostly in education funding. He’s also going… Read the full story »
Posted in BadgerCare, Education, Firefighters, Jobs, Koch Brothers, Labor, Students, Teachers, Unions, Wisconsin
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February 27, 2011-Capitol Rally photos
Thousands showed up peacefully today at the Capitol despite cold weather or any scheduled rallies. There were no arrests. No one was certain what was going to happen at 4PM, when the Capitol was scheduled to be evacuated. There were long lines at two access points of the Capitol for… Read the full story »
Posted in Firefighters, Koch Brothers, Protests, Students, Teachers, Unions, Wisconsin
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February 27, 2011-Sunday Suggestions
While there don’t appear to be any official events posted at the Capitol in Madison as of 8AM, there indeed will be protestors there and voices will need to be heard. An interesting event posted on the site Defend Wisconsin states: When: Sun, February 27, 1:00pm – 2:30pm Where: Madison… Read the full story »
Posted in Firefighters, Koch Brothers, Labor, Students, Teachers, Unions, Wisconsin
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February 26, 2011-Protesters across US decry Wis. anti-union efforts (AP)
Here is some national coverage on today’s rallies across the country supporting those in Wisconsin rallying against Walker’s (and Koch Brothers) hope to bust unions. Protesters across US decry Wis. anti-union efforts (AP) MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rallies were held across the country Saturday to support thousands of protesters holding… Read the full story »
Cowardly Republicans pass rule shutting down Madison Statehouse on Saturday at 6pm
It’s good to see that Republicans are so upset by the noise of the people that have been there non-stop making their voices heard against undemocratic union-busting. They are upset so much that they passed a rule to shut the voices down. Lawmakers approved a rule change this week clearing… Read the full story »
Posted in Recall, Resignation, Students, Unions, Wisconsin
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Anti-Walker Rally at The Capitol – Madison, WI | February 23, 2011
This is unedited footage of a couple local reporters reporting for the 5PM news as a live shot on the scene followed by a walkthrough into the Capitol building and through the middle of the rally area. The reporter was corrected that people were from Madison, not people from out… Read the full story »
Wisconsin Effect: Ohio protestors shut out of State House
Walker threatens major layoffs if he doesn’t get His Pony
You can imagine sniffly soft-handed Scott Walker wheezing his way through a sentence while reading a teleprompter that’s a script from a Koch Brothers sponsored mimeograph that still smells so fresh. Maybe that’s why he has the sniffles. So the Grand Sniffler is threatening major layoffs if his emperial decrees… Read the full story »
Posted in Koch Brothers, Recall, Students, Unions, Wisconsin
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Tuesday: Ed Shultz interviews Tammy Baldwin and John Nichols on latest rally news
Tuesday: Scott Walker Fireside Chat commentary
Watching Walker speaking at the Governor’s Conference Room, here is some commentary: “The bill isn’t aimed at state workers…” No? It’s about union busting. It’s firmly aimed at state workers. Walker makes no mention that the union leadership has offered to talk about cuts. He clearly says that collective bargaining… Read the full story »
Posted in Boycott, Students, Unions, Wisconsin
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Tuesday: Thom Hartmann interviews John Nichols regarding rally status
Posted in Students, Taxpayers, Unions, Wisconsin
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Madison Schools closed Monday
There should be a large crowd on Monday! MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Public schools in Madison will close on Monday for the fourth straight day as teachers are expected to continue protesting a bill that would strip their collective bargaining rights. District spokesman Ken Syke said Sunday that school officials… Read the full story »
Anti-Walker Rally Outside The Capitol – Madison, WI | February 19, 2011
This is unedited video of today’s massive rally outside the Capitol. Estimates are now upwards of 70,000 people.
Posted in Firefighters, Students, Unions, Wisconsin
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Anti-Walker Rally Photos – Madison, WI | February 19, 2011
Estimates range from 60-70,000 today. It was a beautiful sunny day where those fighting against Walker’s power grab and union-busting tactics protested with a fraction of Koch Brothers funded tea party followers. Here’s a sample of some of the rally participants:
Posted in Jobs, Students, Unions, Wisconsin
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Saturday: Media reports ftom today’s rallies in Madison
Some reports on today’s peaceful rally and demonstration are available. Estimates range from 60,000 – 70,000 people there with “hundreds” of tea party supporters there. Our estimates are that there may have been 150 or so tea party supporters there. It was a very small amount of people compared to… Read the full story »
Anti-Walker Rally – Madison, WI | February 18, 2011
Friday: Rally photos inside and outside the Capitol in Madison
Today’s rally both inside and outside the Capitol was the biggest turnout seen since Wednesday at the time these photos were taken.
Posted in Jobs, Students, Unions, Wisconsin
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Anti-Walker Rally – Madison, WI | February 17, 2011
This is a rally outside the State Capitol in Madison. Unedited footage of the crowd rallying to stop Walker’s union busting antics. UW students and others are featured in this video. You could say this is the Students edition.
Posted in Jobs, Students, Unions, Wisconsin
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Wednesday: It’s a beautiful day for an all-American rally!
It’s practically a heat wave in downtown Madison! It’s should get into the 40s. Sunrise: 6:50 am Sunset: 5:29 pm Day: Increasing clouds, with a high near 41. South wind between 5 and 10 mph. Night: Rain likely, mainly after midnight. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around… Read the full story »
Posted in Jobs, Students, Unions, Wisconsin
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Madison teachers plan district-wide absence from schools in protest on Wednesday
Latest news on fighting back against Walker’s union-busting antics… Madison teachers are planning a district-wide absence from schools Wednesday to attend protests against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to limit union bargaining, a union leader said late Tuesday. Madison Teachers Inc. Executive Director John Matthews urged Superintendent Dan Nerad to cancel… Read the full story »
Governor Scott Walker may get rid of kindergarten programs for four-year-olds
Imagine a college dropout like Scott Walker at the helm deciding on Wisconsin state education cuts due to value judgments he sees and gets from his loyal coadjutants. Continue imagining Walker looking to cut the four-year-old kindergarten program, thanks to the austere advice of State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend,… Read the full story »
UW-Eau Claire students hope Rail Support Petition sends signal to Walker
Granted, Tea Party Theocrats like Lieutenant Governor-Elect Rebecca Kleefisch, who assessed that gay marriage will lead to people marrying their furniture, found time to pull fact-free talking points out of her fanny to say that Wisconsin can’t afford the Madison-Milwaukee rail line project. Paying no mind to the fact that… Read the full story »
Posted in Jobs, Rail System, Students, Wisconsin
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