Thursday, February 24, 2011

Turnout tomorrow to support Madison!

Please forward this event as widely as possible - to your teachers, coworkers, students, classmates, family, and friends.


This is a great opportunity to show our support for the people of Madison, who are battling it out against just one of the latest and severest attacks on the rights and livelihood of workers. Let's stand with them and against the continued use of austerity measures.

Today's editorial from Socialist Worker "Time to show our power" highlights some of developments in this battle against austerity measures, which put the burden on workers.


THE BATTLE for Wisconsin's future has come to a crossroads--and the movement that has electrified the country with its opposition to Gov. Scott Walker's anti-labor assault needs to step up the fight to win.

Last week, the capitol building in downtown Madison took on the spirit and feel of Cairo's Tahrir Square as growing numbers of workers and students, first from Madison and then from around the state and the country, occupied the building and took over the grounds around it.

Their determined spirit--and action--pressured Senate Democrats to boycott a session where Walker and the Republicans were ready to ram through a proposal that would effectively cut state workers' wages by 5 to 7 percent and cripple public-sector unions by virtually destroying collective bargaining.

Check out the rest of the article at Socialist Worker.

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