Category Archives: Wisconsin workers

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF YOUNG CHILDREN

By Jack Jodell, July  7, 2011                MUSEUM OF SELFISH PEOPLE CHILD: Why did we come here, Grandpa? GRANDPA: I wanted to show you something before you got too old, honey. This is the MUSEUM OF SELFISH PEOPLE. CHILD: Who are … Continue reading

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Know Thy TRUE Enemies! (Vol. 4)

By Jack Jodell, June 21, 2011 They are seemingly everywhere: ultra-conservatives who hate government and want to turn it into a tool to serve only the wealthy and privileged. They have subtlely gained a slim majority on the Supreme Court which … Continue reading

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HEROES OF AMERICAN LABOR (Part VII)

By Jack Jodell, May 3, 2011 (originally appeared May 1, 2011) Today is May Day, celebrated in every country (except the United States) as a day to honor laborers. This is my seventh and final installment devoted to people who struggled … Continue reading

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HEROES OF AMERICAN LABOR (Part IV)

By Jack Jodell, April 14, 2011 In keeping alive the spirit of the Wisconsin Service Employees International Union workers (whose right to collectively bargain for better wages and working conditions was recently stripped away by the uncaring arch-conservative Republican Governor … Continue reading

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NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT!

“Laissez-faire capitalism is just as hard on and bad for most people as Soviet-style communism…”  – S.W. Anderson, of Oh!pinion –   Progressives, we are under assault. Everywhere you look,  “free-market” conservative Republicans and Tea Paty activists are trying, and … Continue reading

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