What's at stake in Wisconsin, and why: Grit TV
February 22, 2011
Feb 21, 2010, Wisconsin. Lauria Flanders of Grit TV interviews Matt Rothchild and John Nichols. Watch this. There are three more interviews in Madison, with more to come here
“Unions realize that this is a threat to their very existence,” says Matt Rothschild, editor of The Progressive, of Scott Walker’s attempt to strip collective bargaining rights from public workers. And some of the usual suspects are behind Walker’s attack—from the Koch brothers to Republican ideologues. “These corporations want to get these people off the playing field,” says John Nichols, of The Nation.