Wisconsin Protests

Processing the Wisconsin fallout

By Joe Bodell, Minnesota Progressive Project

I'm a few days behind on this one, but I've found it's usually a good idea to gather one's thoughts before blogging about something like the recent Wisconsin recall vote.

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Walker wins recall election

By Bryna Godar, The Minnesota Daily

A crowd of hundreds gathers on the front steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol after the polls officially closed on the June 5 recall election. (Photos by Marisa Wojcik)

Wisconsin Gov.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | From across the river... notes on Wisconsin Recall

By Bruce Johnson, Free Speech Zone

Driving to the Chippewa Club last night to watch the election returns with fellow Pepin Democrats, I made a point of listening to the Twins game rather than early election results.

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Talk by John Nichols, author of "Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street"

This spring marks one year since the massive labor protests that rocked Madison, Wisconsin in defense of collective bargaining rights.

Democrats fall short in Wisconsin recall: Two of six targeted Republicans recalled

By Jon Collins, Minnesota Independent

Wisconsin Democrats failed to win the three seats necessary to take control of the state Senate in recall elections Tuesday.

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Minnesota union members give Wisconsin recall campaigns a boost

By Michael Moore, St. Paul Union Advocate

Last spring Wisconsin’s working families took to the streets to protest an unprecedented legislative attack on union rights.  Next Tuesday, voters in six Wisconsin Senate districts will take t

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Wisconsin anti-gay group accused of misleading voters in recall elections

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Wisconsin Family Action (WFA), a group affiliated with the Family Research Council and a leader in opposing LGBT rights in the state, is being accused by Democrats of sending out absentee ballot ap

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Worker rights fight not over yet in Wisconsin

By Dominique Paul Noth, Workday Minnesota

A victory for sunshine in Wisconsin, transparency in government and the nation’s labor movement, was reinforced May 26 when a Wisconsin judge said the state’s GOP-run legislature violated Wiscon

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Wisconsin braces for elections, day of action

By Michael McIntee and Sam Mayfield, The Uptake

The anger stirred up by Republican anti-workers' rights actions may be felt at the ballot box on Tuesday.

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OPINION | The debate is not about budgets… It’s a war on workers and unions

By Bill McCarthy, Minneapolis Labor Review

Since last month's issue of the Labor Review, the events in Madison, Wisconsin have put the right to collective bargaining front and center in the news - and have awakened a sleeping giant.

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