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Month: November 2014
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(History tells us grassroots actions needed to spur action) Often overlooked in the marvelous Ken Burns’ PBS Roosevelt series was that much of FDR’s New Deal rose as much from the grassroots as it did from the President’s skillful, if sometimes crafty, political leadership. Today’s Democratic Party has lost its appeal among the very people…
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Governor Scott Walker’s “Victory Speech” Tuesday night was appalling. First, he claimed wrongly that his opponent was the puppet of “special interests” and, secondly, he made the scary pledge to weaken the safety net that is needed by many citizens for their basic needs. Repeatedly he claimed Mary Burke’s campaign was directed from Washington while his…
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The phrase “union bosses” has been popping up in the pages of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Such a tired old phrase it is, too! For most of the previous century, the words were used by managements to discredit union organizing drives, to undercut strikes and to break union ranks. For the Journal Sentinel to regress…
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There’s one simple reason to vote for Mary Burke: she’s the best hope for restoring some semblance of balance to our state. Governor Walker in a 2012 visit to Janesville (as recorded in the documentary, “As Goes Janesville”) promised a wealthy donor to “divide and conquer.” By and large, he has succeeded in that promise.…
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