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Wisconsin - Considering the Deployment of the National Guard
Wisconsin - Considering the Deployment of the National Guard
english
|6 min
| 2011 |hits: 220
Tags: klassenkämpfe
Tags: Öffentlicher Dienst
Tags: USA
Teaser:
Democracy Now background report from February 2011
In January 2011, Governor Scott Walker introduced a draft budget that included drastic financial cuts for public employees and the reduction of union rights. The protests against the draft were getting stronger every week, until tens of thousands protested and occupied the parliament building.
Governor Walker considered the deployment of the National Guard against the protesters in public. A short analysis by Democracy Now.