As the Super Bowl nears, Indiana’s unions may have a new stage to fight against a proposed “right to work” law.
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Recalling History
In 1921, North Dakotans became the first to oust a governor—and they did it because he was too progressive.
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The Mickey Mouse Defense
Wisconsin Republicans are not accepting defeat in the effort to recall Governor Scott Walker.
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One Million Strong
The effort to recall Scott Walker turns in almost double the number of signatures it needed. Now the real battles begin.
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Labor’s Second Front
The union battle spreads from Wisconsin to Indiana in the fight over “Right to Work.”
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Scott Walker, Texas Ranger
The Wisconsin governor feels right at home in the Lone Star State.
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Tocqueville for Toffs
Common people have to reclaim democratic civic society from moneyed interests.
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No More Mr. Nice Obama
With key recess appointments, the president shows he’s through being held hostage by intransigent Republicans.
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Stephen Lerner’s 2011
“We must expand from one-day marches and demonstrations to weeks of creative direct action and activities,” wrote Stephen Lerner in New Labor Forum, a quarterly left-labor journal, several weeks before Occupy Wall Street took shape. One way to do that, he continued, “is to build these kinds of longer and more involved protests around students […]
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Showdown at the Docks
Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrated the movement’s three-month anniversary by taking the fight to major ports.