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From the Editorial Team S p r i n g 2 0 1 1 From Tahrir Square to Madison, Wisconsin, the political climate has changed. After years and decades of quiescence and acquiescence to the domination of powerful elites, resistance suddenly erupts. Who can say why exactly? Why now, why not before, why ever? Historians will ponder this. For the moment, it is enough to know that it can made every tangible concession demanded of them by happen, that all across the Middle East and across the the newly elected “Tea Party” governor, Scott Walker. American Middle West it is happening. What will be They only balked when he and his Republican cohorts the outcome? At this writing, and for some time to threatened to drive these unions out of existence. Third, come, no one can say for sure. But as the thousands once Wisconsin’s state employees did get their backs up, upon thousands of demonstrators at state capitols and the spirit of resistance spread like a prairie fire, not only in the streets of American cities have made clear over enlisting the sympathy and solidarity of private sector the last several months, people are prepared to do more unions that could see http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Labor Forum SAGE

From the Editorial Team

New Labor Forum , Volume 20 (2): 2 – Jun 1, 2011
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SAGE
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© 2011 Joseph S. Murphy Institute, CUNY
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1095-7960
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1557-2978
DOI
10.4179/NLF.202.0000001
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S p r i n g 2 0 1 1 From Tahrir Square to Madison, Wisconsin, the political climate has changed. After years and decades of quiescence and acquiescence to the domination of powerful elites, resistance suddenly erupts. Who can say why exactly? Why now, why not before, why ever? Historians will ponder this. For the moment, it is enough to know that it can made every tangible concession demanded of them by happen, that all across the Middle East and across the the newly elected “Tea Party” governor, Scott Walker. American Middle West it is happening. What will be They only balked when he and his Republican cohorts the outcome? At this writing, and for some time to threatened to drive these unions out of existence. Third, come, no one can say for sure. But as the thousands once Wisconsin’s state employees did get their backs up, upon thousands of demonstrators at state capitols and the spirit of resistance spread like a prairie fire, not only in the streets of American cities have made clear over enlisting the sympathy and solidarity of private sector the last several months, people are prepared to do more unions that could see

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New Labor Forum – SAGE

Published: Jun 1, 2011

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