World-News

Part 1

Lee Fang, ThinkProgress: 'Koch Industries, the international conglomerate owned by Charles and David Koch, is not only the second largest private company in America, it is the most politically active. As ThinkProgress has carefully documented over the last three years, Koch groups have spent tens of millions to influence government policy - from financing the Tea Parties, to funding junk academic studies, to undisclosed attack ads against Democrats, to groups promoting climate change denial, to a large network of state-based and national think tanks. In an opinion column for the Wall Street Journal today, Koch Industries CEO Charles Koch fired back at his critics, who have grown more vocal as it has become clear that Koch groups are providing the political muscle for Gov. Scott Walker's (R-WI) union-busting power grab.'

http://www.truth-out.org/how-koch-industries-makes-billions-by-demanding-bailouts-and-taxpayer-subsidies-part-168141



Police Defied Order to Clear Protesters From Wisconsin Capital

Lindsay Beyerstein, The Media Consortium: 'On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the Capitol building of hundreds of peaceful protesters who have been occupying the site to protest Governor Scott Walker's plan to eliminate the collective bargaining rights of public employees.'

http://www.truth-out.org/police-defy-order-clear-protesters-wisconsin-capital68137

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This Is NOT What Democracy Looks Like

Silencing Dissent In Wisconsin: On Saturday, more than 100,000 Wisconsinites protested Walker's attacks on unions and his proposed power grab. So how's this all playing? Wisconsinites don't like autocrats.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/158910/not-what-democracy-looks-silencing-dissent-wisconsin


From Information Clearing House

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Tell Scott Walker, Republican Senators and Koch brothers: Stop Fracking Water and Wisconsin Workers

http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=wi_capitol_occupation



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wisconsin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Scott+Walker
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Koch+brothers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tea+Party
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Republican
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=autocrats
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bailout
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bargaining
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=workers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=unions
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=taxpayer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lee+Fang
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lindsay+Beyerstein
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Nichols
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