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Media & the Wisconsin Labor Struggle: Countering Myths and Distortions

Date: March 3, 2011 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Location

Orpheum Theatre
216 State Street
Madison, WI 53703
See map: Google Maps

The Labor & Working Class Studies Project Presents

"MEDIA & THE WISCONSIN LABOR STRUGGLE: COUNTERING MYTHS & DISTORTIONS"

With:
* LIsa Graves, Center for Media and Democracy
* Bob McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
* John Nichols, The Nation
* Matt Rothschild, The Progressive
* Molly Stentz, WORT-FM Community Radio
* Norm Stockwell, WORT-FM Community Radio

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Stop the Budget: Thursday

Date: June 16, 2011 - 12:00pm - 7:00pm

Location

Wisconsin State Capitol Madison, WI
See map: Google Maps

Make our voices heard as the Senate is expected to take up the state budget.

Rally at the Capitol
Thursday, June 16
Noon – Marches begin at Walkerville on Capitol Square
5:30pm – Rally at the Square and State St.

Join us on Thursday and come early, pitch a tent and join the Walkerville community.

Take action! Join the movement!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194642157250286

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Travel to D.C. for the October 2011 Movement!

Date: October 5, 2011 - 10:00am - October 9, 2011 - 11:00pm

Location

Freedom Plaza Washington, DC
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=> The Wave is organizing Wisconsinites to travel to D.C.

Gar Alperovitz will be speaking about his new book "What Then Must We Do?"

Date: April 16, 2013 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Location

336 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Dr.
Madison, WI
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Gar Alperovitz, political economist, historian, and author of the new book What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution will give two free public talks in Madison highlighting how, in an age of political deadlock and economic decay, hope can be found in the growing movement across the country to build a new and more egalitarian economy based in cooperation and community.  Dr.

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Gar Alperovitz will be signing his new book "What Then Must We Do?"

Date: April 17, 2013 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location

Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative
426 W. Gilman St.
Madison, WI
See map: Google Maps

Gar Alperovitz, political economist, historian, and author of the new book What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution will give two free public talks in Madison highlighting how, in an age of political deadlock and economic decay, hope can be found in the growing movement across the country to build a new and more egalitarian economy based in cooperation and community.  Dr.

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Agence France-Presse: Raging Greeks Stage Biggest Anti-Austerity Protest Yet

June 5, 2011
Will Vassilopoulos
Raging Greeks Stage Biggest Anti-Austerity Protest Yet
Over 50,000 Greek protesters assemble in the capital

 

ATHENS — Thousands of Greeks took to the streets of Athens late Sunday on the 12th consecutive day of protests against the government's draconian austerity measures.

The October 2011 Movement Call to Action

September 9, 2011
October 2011 Movement
Stop the Machine! Create a New World!

[Note- The Wave is working with progressive leaders from around the state to organize a caravan that will travel from Wisconsin to D.C. for the start of the October 2011 Movement on October 6th.  Click here for more information!]

October 2011 is the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of the 2012 federal austerity budget. It is time to light the spark that sets off a true democratic, nonviolent transition to a world in which people are freed to create just and sustainable solutions.

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