“The Mandela Barnes interview” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast We welcome Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes to discuss his first couple of months in the office and the his vision for creating opportunity in Wisconsin over the next few years. In our third installment of Sarah “what the Godlewski does the state treasurer do?” We review her effort to help UW system graduates…
Friday, March 8th Make Phone calls for Supreme Court Justice Candidate Lisa Neubauer from home! We are calling into rural areas of Wisconsin to talk to women voters about why candidate Lisa Neubauer is the right choice for Wisconsin. We’ve removed all the bad numbers from your calls in 2018, and added some new people in who are likely to…
Citizen Action Northeast WI Co-op member, Eric Genrich, was endorsed by the Citizen Action of Wisconsin in his race for mayor of Green Bay. Eric is a former state representative and a founding member of the Northeast co-op. Eric was a leader on expanding access to healthcare in the legislature, co-sponsoring the BadgerCare Public Option bill that is now supported…
Rural Wisconsin is in big trouble. Wisconsin farmers are beset with ongoing low prices and loss of vital foreign markets (Trump’s trade wars). The state has lost over 700 family dairy farms in an economy that isn’t working. And, the resultant economic fallout is threatening small towns. Community banks, family businesses and local health care providers will be hit hard,…
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is excited to announce Fabi Maldonado as our new Greater Milwaukee Co-op Organizer. Fabi has strong progressive values and is dedicated to movement work stretching from resisting at Standing Rock – sacred grounds, to leading the $1 decriminalization of cannabis efforts in his hometown of Racine, which is now spreading throughout the state. Fabi is committed…
Candidate Trump made many promises in 2016, mostly unmet. His tax cuts largely helped big business and the wealthy, not regular folks. And, the Trump alternative to the Affordable Care Act was to repeal, with no replacement. Trump also pledged massive infrastructure spending. Empty words, despite much of the nation and Wisconsin in disrepair. The American Society of Civil Engineers’…
Friday, February 22nd Citizen Action Northeast Wisconsin Co-op Member Eric Genrich Wins Green Bay Mayor Primary Congratulations to Eric Genrich for his primary victory this Tuesday in the Green Bay mayor’s race with 44% percent of the vote. Eric is a former state legislator and a founding member of the Citizen Action Northeast WI Co-op.
Friday, February 15th Northeast Co-op Asks Senator Feyen to Support BadgerCare Expansion State Senator Feyen held a town hall on Monday Feb 11 in Fond du Lac County, which the Northeast organizer, Jolie Lizotte, and a couple constituents from Oshkosh attended to ask the Senator to support expanding BadgerCare in the state budget. The Senator is not staunchly opposed to…
Friday, February 1st “The Foxconn is up: They got paid, we got played” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast We welcome State Representative Jonathan Brostoff to discuss the predictable implosion of Foxconn’s manufacturing plant in Wisconsin and the implications for Wisconsin and the progressive movement. We also talk about new scandalous and hateful revelations about the bigotry of Scott Walker’s handpicked Supreme Court…
