The Other Story: Home Made Uprising in Madison Wisconsin

The turbulence in the Arab world has drawn the full attention of the American media. Riots and demonstrations in Libya and Bahrain are dominating the news channels' at primetime, and the newspaper front pages. As Lauren Lyster reports, while U.S. leaders fly the flag for popular uprisings thousands of miles away, it's a very different story at home.

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[ichauchful]

i joined the solidarity rally in nyc and it was packed (literally!) with all kinds of wonderful people. the rally spilled out to streets adjoining the designated area. a great turn out but i didn't see much if any media there. got home and pretty much nothing online except from the participants.

this is exactly what happened when we marched against invading iraq back in 2003. i was shocked that such a huge and important event could be ignored the way it was. now i'm wiser and know why.

[pollclaire]

We are fighting to prevent our state from being sold out to corporate interests. Our politicians must be held accountable.

[el1te1984]

If we have a revolution in America the entire world will be a better place and we can be the global leader again! I don't think the people understand what our Government is hiding from us!

[metalslugxBTB]

I make more money than your daddy does.

If you need a job you can be my bitch.

[djamorpheus]

You should fight the government as a whole!

[JulieStreet91]

Watch "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward"!!

It Is Time For Change!! The Revolution Is Now!!

/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w

[MrAussieJules]

these unionists are greedy, spoilt brats. In France, we get regular strikes, unions have a lot of power. and france is like a third world country compared to the USA. high wages for those who have a union job - screw everyone else is the union motto. since unions were stood up to in Australia, we have a far higher standard of living and less unemployement.

[CivilizedMan444]

... Problems, Problems, but No One offers any SOLUTION! That is strange, since there is obviously ONE SOLUTION for ALL Social Evils, and that is a SCIENTIFIC, MONEYLESS, CONSUMER-BASED ECONOMY that will build IDEAL PRIVATE CITIES that will be Self Sufficient, Energy Efficient, Automobile Liberated, Population Limited, Debt Free, Resident Owned, and Self-Governing. For details see YOUTUBE.COM for "The Great Pyramid, why was it built - Lesson 1c, Lessons 3,4".

[HangProgressives]

it already started on Nov 2 2010...it will end on Nov 3rd 2012

[pallas216]

The company you're thinking of is Wackenhut and they were indeed hired by Walker. He fired the union guards and hired Wackenhut during a "fiscal emergency" and stuck Milwaukee with the tab- oh wait, sound familiar? What Walker has done to us now (claiming a budget crisis) he's done before, and MIlwaukee is still suffering from it. I was ashamed of my fellow Wisconsin voters in November, but it seems like they're getting their sense back, slowly but surely.

[pallas216]

Thank you :)