Freedom Rider: Wisconsin Assault on Workers

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Here is a blog from Black Agenda Report which usually addresses issue concerning the Black Progressive Community. I go there from time to time and they have some pretty interesting stuff to say. Here's a blog that talks about everything that I feel about the Progressive right now and how Wisconsin is a test for how the larger Progressive Movement will move on from here. I encourage you to read it here: http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-wisconsin-assault-workers

The state of the Wisconsin is at the epicenter of a new, grim reality. The right wing is determined to destroy the last remaining vestiges of workers’ rights in this country. Newly elected governor Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled legislature have acted on a threat which their party has made all over the country. They plan to eliminate collective bargaining rights for all public employees, and limit the amount of any pay increases to the consumer price index. Only law enforcement and fire fighters would be exempt from this measure.

This salvo should be met with unrestrained and clear opposition from the Democratic Party nationally and from organized labor. Yet the White House response has been muted and underwhelming and labor is still in the grip of a dysfunctional one-way love affair with Obama and refuses to call the president out for his lackluster non-response.

The pitiful response from the White House and the acquiescence in it by big labor are an indication that this is just the beginning of what appears to be a successful Republican attack. Wisconsin should be a rallying cry for the Democratic Party, an opportunity to remind its voters of the consequences of Republican victory. Instead of leading the push back, the White House has demurred and in fact denied any involvement in the fight with Wisconsin activists at the helm.