We welcome Citizen Action’s Movement Politics Director, Priscilla Bort, to discuss our Fall election program which centers grassroots conversations with pivotal voters. Our first phone night had great turnout, and this weekend we launch our general election door deep canvass in Milwaukee and Green Bay Saturday morning. Our panel reviews President Biden’s visit to Milwaukee Laborfest and his continued call-out…
Listen to “71% say Union Yes” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast Happy Labor Day Weekend to all our listeners. We hope you get out and participate in your area’s Labor Day events. In this episode, we take stock in the resurgence of labor organizing in America as new Gallup Polling shows 71% support unions, the highest since 1965! Will it lead to…
Happy Labor Day Weekend to all our listeners. We hope you get out and participate in your area’s Labor Day events. In this episode, we take stock in the resurgence of labor organizing in America as new Gallup Polling shows 71% support unions, the highest since 1965! Will it lead to a rebuilding of the depleted ranks of organized labor,…
Citizen Action is hiring. Healthcare organizer. Are you passionate about making a difference and want to help build power to fight for a better healthcare system? Driftless Coop Organizer. Are you hungry for the opportunity to lead power building campaigns in the Driftless region to achieve the sweeping changes Wisconsin needs to become a just, equitable, and sustainable multiracial democracy….
The Issue The Ultrarich Have Rigged the Tax System over the Last 50 Years: In 1970 the ultraweatlhy paid about 50% of their income in taxes, today they pay 23%. Corporate profits in 1960 were taxed at 52%, and today are taxed at 21%, and with so many loopholes that many of our biggest corporations pay no taxes (source, Emmanuel…
Citizen Action Explainer: The Issue We face a looming climate deadline: There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that we will trigger runaway climate change unless we start an immediate bold transition and to dramatically reduce greenhouse emissions by 2030 (a 45% net reduction from 2005 levels in greenhouse gas emissions). Only the federal government can prevent catastrophe: Only the…
The Issue Commodified Health System Puts Windfall Profit over People. Health care is often denied by a system rigged to generate windfall profits for hospital conglomerates, and Wall Street traded firms in the health insurance, Pharma, and medical device industries (collectively, the Medical Industrial Complex). As a result, the U.S. spends more per person on health care than any other…
We discuss President Biden’s announcement that he will use his presidential powers to cancel $10,000 in student loans for those making less than $125,000 and $20,000 for those who were low enough income to qualify for Pell Grants. Robert discusses how this benefits all middle class students and is especially targeted to the most financially challenged, including BIPOC students with…
All fall endorsed candidates completed a 2022 Citizen Action candidate questionnaire and most have been interviewed by Citizen Action staff and member leaders from one of our regional organizing cooperatives. All candidates were finally approved by a vote of the Citizen Action Board. Citizen Action is excited to announce the following Congressional, statewide, and state legislative endorsed candidates. These 2022…
Citizen Action is hiring Healthcare organizer. Are you passionate about making a difference and want to help build power to fight for a better healthcare system? Driftless Coop Organizer. Are you hungry for the opportunity to lead power building campaigns in the Driftless region to achieve the sweeping changes Wisconsin needs to become a just, equitable, and sustainable multiracial democracy….
