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John Nichols – Author of Uprising! How Wisconsin Renewed The Politics of Protest from Madison to Wall Street
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AUTHOR OF UPRISING! HOW WISCONSIN RENEWED THE POLITICS OF PROTEST FROM MADISON TO WALL STREET
This week on TALK! with AUDREY: My guest is JOHN NICHOLS. On Friday, February 11, 2011, newly elected Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker proposed a so-called budget repair bill that attempted to take collective bargaining rights away from state, county, and municipal employees, as well as teachers. On Monday, February 14, 2011, the people of Wisconsin responded. In UPRISING: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest from Madison to Wall Street, journalist and Wisconsin-native John Nichols details the protest movement that began one cold night in Madison and took the nation by storm, becoming the most sustained mass protest in recent American history. This was more than an attack on labor rights and unions; it was an attack on democracy and social justice.
Gail Kitch – Chief Operating Officer: The Voter Participation Center
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CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER:THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER
This week on TALK! with AUDREY: In celebration of National Voter Registration Day, the VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER (VPC) and Balcony Films released a new music video and original song, L.O.V.E -LET ONE VOICE EMERGE urging women and other unregistered voters to register, vote and to “let your voice be heard” this November. GAIL KITCH, Chief Operating Officer of The Voter Participation Center, a research-driven, results-oriented nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to increasing the participation and amplifying the voices of unmarried women (women who are single, widowed, divorced or separated) and other historically underrepresented groups in our democracy joins me to tell us all about the campaign and what each of us can do to get the message outFacebookTwitterGoogle-plus





