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Weekend Recap: February 28-March 4

March 6, 2011

Another week passes and the Right Wing continues to demonize unions and public workers as the rallies continue in Wisconsin and all over the United States. If you missed any of the stories or interviews on The Majority Report here’s your chance to catch up.


Chris Hedges, author and columnist with Truthdig joins to talk about what is the American liberal class and how he believes that it is dying.

Bill McKibben, author, environmentalist, and founder of 350.org, speaks to Sam about the conviction of nonviolent climate activist Timothy DeChristopher and predicts we’ll see more of this type of confrontational activism.

Tom Tomorrow, creator of the This Modern World comic strip, discusses his new collection of political comics chronicling the time of the 2008 elections and the rise of the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin and it is appropriately named Too Much Crazy.

David Dayen of Firedoglake explains how the Wisconsin state Democrats are standing firm and not buckling as politics are getting more local again.

Author and investigative journalist David Cay Johnston joins the show to talk about the spin that Republicans and the media are using to portray exactly who is contributing to public worker’s pensions in Wisconsin.

It’s the garlic that makes it work – The Koch Brothers, Scott Walker and Garlic Covered Freedom Dildos

Cuckoo Choo-Choo – George Will Takes the Train to Glenn Beckville

Money is a king’s best friend – The Plutocracy and What Scott Walker Really Wants From Wisconsin State Workers

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