Democracy Now! June 6, 2012

June 06, 2012 from Democracy Now! via Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has survived a historic recall election more than a year after launching a controversial effort to roll back the bargaining rights of the state's public workers. And Joseph Stiglitz talks about "The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future," as well as discussing the Occupy movement and arguing that austerity measures in the US and Europe will only weaken economic recovery. Plus headlines, and more.

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Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, 2012

The 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was a recall election to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. It resulted in voters reelecting incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker. The recall election was a rematch of the 2010 gubernatorial election between... Explore this topic

Scott Walker (politician)

Scott Kevin Walker is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party who currently serves as the 45th Governor of Wisconsin. Walker took office on January 3, 2011, after defeating Democratic candidate Tom Barrett, obtaining 52% of the vote in the November 2010 gen... Explore this topic

Tom Barrett

Thomas Mark "Tom" Barrett is an American politician and the 40th and current Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving since 2004. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has served in a number of positions, including: the Wisconsin State Assembly, the Wisconsin State Senate, ... Explore this topic

Politics of the United States

The United States is a federal constitutional republic, in which the President of the United States, Congress, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments. The executive branch is head... Explore this topic

Campaign finance

Campaign finance refers to all funds raised in order to promote candidates, political parties, or policies in elections, referendums, initiatives, party activities, and party organizations. The funds could also detract from the opponents of the above. Campaign funds is the sub... Explore this topic

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also commonly called the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854, it dominated politics nationally for most of the period from 1860 t... Explore this topic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States along with the Republican Party. Since the 1930s, the party has promoted a socially liberal and progressive platform, and its Congressional caucus is composed of progressives, libe... Explore this topic

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the n... Explore this topic

Republican National Committee

The Republican National Committee is a U.S. political committee that provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election s... Explore this topic

Democratic National Committee

The Democratic National Committee is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day-to-day basis. While it is responsible for overseeing the process of writing a platform every four years, the DNC's central focus is on campaign and political a... Explore this topic

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