rights, & dissolution of public schools.

Fuck those fascists. This is some kind of fascist coup.

I agree. The question is of course, what is there to do about it? Anything that can be ignored obviously will be ignored.

... wish I could see how it played out in earlier times.

"Hoorah for anarchy!" - Adolf Fischer right before he was hanged for the Haymarket Riots and in defense of Labor Rights.

Sad, sad, sad.

. . . If they can pull off such fascist coups in Michigan and WI , they'll be doing it across the country - and as soon as a Republican is elected President, on Capitol Hill as well.

People better wake the fuck up. EVERYBODY must be an activist. Now and forever.

Good gawd. I feel like going up there and marching my own old self, and I live in a right to work for less state, too (north carolina). But Michigan has jumped the shark on just about everything.

Hello comrade.

In which part of the state might you reside?

Where are you?

Looks like all the sane people are leaving texas.

Why aren't dems on top of these types of legislation? Why aren't dems & independents warning states that so-called "right to work" laws are being looked at? Though I live in WA state I know we can't become complacent thinking this won't happen here!

is why are these supposed blue states electing these Republican legislators and Republican Governors?

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But Republican legislators made sure their staffers filled up the gallery so others couldn't get it.

Then they declared the building unsafe so more protestors couldn't get in to watch Republicans vote away their bargaining rights. It was unsafe to have protestors in, but school groups and a Jimmy Johns delivery guy were let in.

Some of those who managed to stay were tear gassed and arrested.

When a judge issued an order to reopen the building, the House brought RTW to an immediate vote before they could be let in. Democrat legislators got off the House Floor to open the doors to them.

Look, what's going on here is shit. Absolute shit. But the sad truth is, the Democrats don't have the numbers in the legislature to stop them. Republicans introduced these measures on the same day they passed them, allowing for no committee hearings, no testimony and no discussion.

So if you're angry (and however angry you are, you have NO idea what I'm feeling like right now), point the finger somewhere else. Point it at those who are trying to trample democracy and turn this state into a fiefdom.

There are words for people like that. Traitor and fascist come to mind.

They have been saying all along that they would not push RTW for less in MI. Then after the elections they completely change course. They pushed the bill through in 1 day after the governor said it was suddenly on the agenda.

Since Occupy made most Americans aware of our grossly unjust income/wealth divisions, how in the hell can they still get by with this shit?

by calling it "Right to Work." YOU are right. It should be called "the right to poverty law." Or something that puts the onus on THEM, not us.

...what kind, I'm not sure. What is extreme capitalism? What happens to capitalism when it goes this far to the right? What does it turn into at that point? Where's Thom Hartmann when you need him? (Just kidding) It's definitely disaster capitalism, but I think it has a different name, no? It's not America as we know it, I do know that.

Rule by the corporatists, that's the technical definition of fascism. Unfortunately, the word has been rendered meaningless through misuse and overuse, mostly by the fascist media.

... as long as people fear the word "socialism". The yokes have been thrown. When do we respond?

...that is the question. When. I say any day now. "The revolution will not be televised."

People, apparently, don't revolt like they used to.

IWW ... I think that's the way to go.

...Georgia, so I damn sure don't have any room to talk, but the answer is 'You put these bastards in charge, so you're getting what you deserve...and if you can't stop em now, or in the next election, then you'll really have deserved it.' We're a 'right to work' state, which puts 'the bosses' in charge and at liberty to do anything they want to get 'cheap labor' and to keep Republicans in office.

I think the GOP retained control of the house next year so a repeal is not likely

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Or do we just keep baying in unison?

And the embrace of cheap, non-union labor in the "right to work" South.

It has decimated the unionized manufacturing industry here in Michigan and the entire industrial midwest. The unionized manufacturing jobs that buttressed broad-based support for Trade Unionism no longer exist in Michigan. The workers who used to see their common interest in a strong unionized workforce no longer have jobs in Michigan; they have moved to Arizona, or North Carolina, or elsewhere. Most of their children left for college in different states and never came back.

After 40 or more years of assault on our way of life, Michigan is a hollow shell. It's as simple as that.

"All for me, none for you!"

Swine.