Bus tour with teacherken: Ground zero for worker rights, aka Madison (STOP the Koch Bros)

[Omaha Steve]

http://educationvotes.nea.org/2012/10/11/bus-tour-with-teacherken-ground-zero-for-worker-rights-aka-madison/


Posted October 11, 2012



Ken Bernstein is a recently retired National Board Certified Social Studies Teacher who was a 2010 Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher. Nationally known for his blogging as teacherken at Daily Kos and elsewhere, he served until his retirement as the lead building representative (NEA) at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt MD.

I do not mean to offend in using the term Ground Zero, which since 9/11/2001 has assumed a particular meaning. Yet if one considers what happened in Wisconsin when people occupied the Capitol and began the pushback against the Greed Agenda put forth by the likes of the Koch Brothers, clearly the label is appropriate.

This was also a personal moment for me, which I will explain anon.

The site for our event was appropriate: the Madison Area Labor Temple:





After introductions by Mariah Hatta of Patriot Majority, our first speaker was former Dane County Executive and Gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk:



The other woman in the picture was our final speaker, Kristen Crowell, Executive Director of We are Wisconsin.

Ms. Falk told those assembled that the 99% of us should write the rules, that when the 1% do it turns the nation into an oligarchy, which becomes a “de facto ruling party” that is unelected by anybody and therefore unaccountable. We should be governed by people elected by 100% not anointed by 1%. She was the first of several people to bring up the taped phone call where Scott Walker thought he was talking to David Koch and was candid about his beliefs in a way he had not been with the voters of Wisconsin.

FULL story at link.

[Chiquitita]

1. Thanks!

In the first picture, what's the building with the gold dome?

[Paddy Ryan]

2. Thank you so much for doing this! Solidarity n/t