John Nichols: Wisconsin recalls King amid protests over rights

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/172918.html

Sun Apr 3, 2011 6:30PM

People from across the state of Wisconsin will stage a number of massive rallies on April 4 to mark the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of reverend Martin Luther King, the great American civil rights leader, and to voice their objection against recent anti-labor measures adopted in several U.S. states.


John Nichols of the Madison-based The Nation

"In Wisconsin there will be a number of rallies and events recalling Dr. King's great struggles for civil rights and remembering that when he was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee he had gone to that city to march with sanitation workers and public employees seeking collective bargaining rights," John Nichols of the Madison-based The Nation told Press TV's U.S. Desk on Sunday.



“That's the same struggle that's going on today in Wisconsin, the governor of Wisconsin is taking away collective bargaining rights of some public employees,” he stated.



Nichols said that at 5:00 local time in Madison, the state capital, “there will be a very large rally featuring reverend Jessie Jackson,” who was with Luther King when he was assassinated in 1968.



The protests and rallies will come a day before Wisconsin voters will go to the polls to elect a new Supreme Court justice as well as local mayors and county executives, he concluded.


FULL story at link.

[malaise]

1. John was on RJR in Jamaica

a few weeks ago explaining the issues re the Democrats leaving over the bargaining rights.

Hope they cover this as well

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Now that is just taking the recall stuff in Wisconsin too far!

j/k...

For some reason my mind puts a different take on the words "recall" and "Wisconsin" in the same sentence lately.

[handmade34]

3. I read it the same way

whew!

[Lefta Dissenter]

4. sort of like the protest sign

Scott Walker,

You may not remember me,

BUT I CAN RECALL YOU! :D

[jillan]

7. Me too!

[Lefta Dissenter]

5. Today we had a wonderful

inter-faith celebration in the Capitol. I'm an atheist, but this inspiration crossed ALL lines.

We all felt that the singing was a good warm-up for tomorrow's rally, and the honoring of Martin Luther King.

We SHALL overcome!

[pacalo]

6. K&R.