We welcome economist Dr. Michael Rosen to discuss ReThinking Brewers ownership and demanding public equity in the team in exchange for tax revenue. Another climate change-induced category 4 hurricane hits Florida and yet another week of tragic shootings on college campuses. We talk about the response from the University of North Carolina student newspaper. In Wisconsin, Supreme Court Justice Rebecca…
The Milwaukee Brewers and Major League Baseball (MLB) are threatening to leave Milwaukee unless taxpayers ante up a huge public subsidy. Unlike the Milwaukee Bucks, the Brewers are demanding taxpayer support without the commitment of public or community benefits. The deals that have been floated are even less accountable than corporate subsidies such as the disastrous FoxConn deal, requiring little…
Citizen Action is hiring Deep Canvass Field Organizers in Green Bay and Milwaukee. For more information contact Priscilla Bort at priscilla.bort@citizenactionwi.org Learn more about Citizen Action’s Movement Politics Academy. Applications for the Movement Politics Academy are due Sunday, September 3rd Milwaukee Neighbors Come Together for a Cookout + Community. This Saturday, Citizen Action North Side Rising held the summer “Cookout…
We welcome Milwaukee Teachers Education Association President Amy Mizialko back to the show to talk about the devastating news about a huge expansion of a private religious voucher school the former Cardinal Stritch University campus. The school’s owner said the expansion is the direct result of the historic increase in voucher school funding from the terrible shared revenue deal negotiated…
Citizen Action is hiring Deep Canvass Field Organizers in Green Bay and Milwaukee. For more information contact Priscilla Bort at priscilla.bort@citizenactionwi.org Learn more about Citizen Action’s Movement Politics Academy. Citizen Action attends President Joe Biden’s visit to Wisconsin to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the historic Inflation Reduction Act. Donald Trump and Scott Walker gave us the Fox con….
We start with a major threat to the 1st Amendment in the Northwoods that has made national news. Shereen Siewert, the editor and publisher of the Wausau Pilot and Review, joins us to discuss how her newspaper is being bullied through a bogus lawsuit by state senator Cory Tomczyk. The paper broke a story on a public incident where the…
Citizen Action is hiring Deep Canvass Field Organizers in Green Bay and Milwaukee. For more information contact Priscilla Bort at priscilla.bort@citizenactionwi.org We Have the Vision – How Do We Actually Get There? We all want a healthy planet, a strong democracy, and a society that honors the dignity of all people. But in a world where billionaires and corporate interests…
In this week’s episode we welcome new In These Times magazine executive director Alex Han to discuss the vital role of independent progressive media, and the cutting edge journalism the historic magazine provides. We encourage our listeners to read and support In These Times. Priscilla Bort joins us from the Wisconsin Public Education Network Summer Conference to announce the 2nd…
WHAT IS THE MOVEMENT POLITICS ACADEMY? Citizen Action’s Movement Politics Academy is a space dedicated to giving progressives the opportunity to learn how to run for office and run progressive campaigns, and achieve bold reforms needed to make Wisconsin a more just and equitable place for all. We’re a space that won’t talk about what “electable” and “qualified” means –…
Citizen Action is hiring Deep Canvass Field Organizer in Green Bay and Milwaukee. For more information contact Priscilla Bort at priscilla.bort@citizenactionwi.org Teamsters on strike at Leinenkugel’s Brewery. Local 662 calls for boycott of Molson Coors on Citizen Action Battleground Wisconsin Podcast! Teamsters Union Local 662 is on strike at Leinenkugel’s Brewery in Chippewa Falls. Citizen Action Northwest Wisconsin Organizing Cooperative…
