Monday, February 28, 2011

Wisconsin in 2011 or Flint in 1937?

I had though that the comparisons between Wisconsin and the Flint sit-down strike of 1937 were a bit over-wrought. But now I may need to rethink that position. From the AFL-CIO blog,
As we speak, Gov. Scott Walker & the Senate R’s are literally having the windows of the capital welded shut to keep people from passing food into the building to the people inside.

Our attorneys are collecting affidavits from the people who witnessed this, along with people who have been illegally denied access to a public, government, building.

 We will be filing for a TRO [temporary restraining order] to open the Capitol.
It is a sad for democracy when Governor Walker and his R Sena

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