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Rosa Clemente & Sen. Lena Taylor: United in Wisconsin
March 9, 2011"There is a time to fight and a time to unite, and now is the time to unite. If we divide now when we are trying to win the war, then I think we have fallen right into the divide and conquer mentality," says Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor, still in an undisclosed location outside of her state to delay a vote on Scott Walker's union-busting "budget repair" bill.Lena Taylor & Rosa Clemente, Make Wall Street Pay, and Philanthro-Feudalism
March 8, 2011"There is a time to fight and a time to unite, and now is the time to unite. If we divide now when we are trying to win the war, then I think we have fallen right into the divide and conquer mentality," says Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor, still in an undisclosed location outside of her state to delay a vote on Scott Walker's union-busting "budget repair" bill.Student Organizing in the Age of Obama
September 1, 2010The current stage of the recession sees state budgets hitting crisis points around the country, and one of the areas targeted for cuts has been state univerisities. Students, already dealing with prohibitive levels of debt, have been coming together to protest tuition hikes and budget cuts, in some of the largest student protests since the 1960s.Jan Schakowsky, Green Jobs, and Student Activism
August 31, 2010Recently at Netroots Nation, Laura sat down with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, who's been a leader in the fight against the use of private contractors like Blackwater in war zones (and at home). Our friends at the UpTake captured this video for us, as she spoke with Laura about jobs, the economy, military contractors, and the war in Afghanistan--especially the role of women in the conflict there.
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