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Rep. Cory Mason, Sarah Schulman & Omar Barghouti, and CEO Pay
April 11, 2011"If people don't have trust and confidence in their elections, it's really hard to have confidence in the democracy writ large," says Wisconsin State Representative Cory Mason, noting the "gross incompetence or malice" involved in the sudden appearance, a day and a half after the polls closed, of 7500 votes for the conservative candidate in his state's Supreme Court race.The F Word: Shareholders Fight Back as Democrats Compromise
April 11, 2011The ink on the compromise that kept the government open—barely--isn't even dry and they're already talking about the next round of cuts in Washington.Sen. Sherrod Brown: Energized Workers Fighting Back
March 11, 2011"It's an ideological mission they have in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, they're going after an ideological agenda," says Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio on the latest moves by Republicans to bust unions, defund Planned Parenthood, and restrict women's right to abortion. He points out that neither Ohio governor John Kasich nor Wisconsin governor Scott Walker campaigned on any of these issues--and that the people of his state and around the country are ready to fight back.Jesse Jackson, Sherrod Brown, Maya Wiley & General Strike
March 10, 2011"The idea of fiscal crisis is the pretext for a real power grab," says Jesse Jackson of the latest news from Wisconsin: Scott Walker and the State Senate Republicans separated the union-busting portion of the "budget repair" bill and passed it without a quorum.Paris Hatcher: Keeping an Eye on Anti-Abortion Antics
March 10, 2011"We're seeing the political southernization of the whole country. There's a surge of conservatism, targeting a wide variety of communities," says Paris Hatcher, interim director of Georgia-based SPARK Reproductive Justice Now. As we see the anti-abortion tactics started in the south hitting the northeast--a billboard sprang up in New York City recently targeting black women, and though it was quickly taken down, states around the country are fighting antichoice legislation and attempts to defund reproductive healthcare.Sen. Bernie Sanders, Paris Hatcher, US Uncut and Populist Resistance
March 9, 2011"Many important issues facing working people don't get the attention they deserve, and other issues get a whole lot of issues because they're sensational or if they divert attention," says Senator Bernie Sanders of the media's failures these days. He notes that we're now seeing a newly aggressive push from corporate interests and the politicians they sponsor, making attacks that have little to do with deficits.Karen Nussbaum: Wisconsin a Teach-In for America
March 3, 2011"We find that working people are desperate to be part of something bigger, they know their standard of living is declining, they are now finding inspiration from the demonstrations in Wisconsin, "says Karen Nussbaum of Working America, an AFL-CIO community affiliate that supports and organizes non-union working people.Sen. Lena Taylor, Karen Nussbaum, Cory Mason, and Banksters
March 2, 2011"I have received nothing but overwhelming support from my constituents, saying 'We love you but don't come home,'" says Lena Taylor, one of the fourteen Wisconsin state senators who left the state in order to delay a vote on Governor Scott Walker's "budget repair" bill, that would eliminate collective bargaining for state employees.
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