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How You Can Boycott the Kochs
Lauren Kelly, AlterNet
The backlash against the Kochs’ influence in Wisconsin is gaining steam, with labor supporters starting to boycott Koch Industries’ many products [partial list below]. . . .
http://www.alternet.org/story/150078/how_you_can_boycott_the_kochs?akid=6583.9992.-wFbsK&rd=1&t=5

Boycott the Kochs!
Angel Soft toilet paper
Brawny paper towels
Dixie plates, bowls, napkins and cups
Mardi Gras napkins and towels
Quilted Northern toilet paper
Soft 'n Gentle toilet paper
Sparkle napkins
Vanity fair napkins
Zee napkins
Georgia-Pacific paper products and envelopes
All Georgia-Pacific lumber and building products, including:
Dense Armor Drywall and Decking
ToughArmor Gypsum board
Georgia pacific Plytanium Plywood
Flexrock
Densglass sheathing
G/P Industrial plasters (some products used by a lot of crafters)
FibreStrong Rim board
G/P Lam board
Blue Ribbon OSB Rated Sheathing
Blue Ribbon Sub-floor
DryGuard Enhanced OSB
Nautilus Wall Sheathing
Thermostat OSB Radiant Barrier Sheathing
Broadspan Engineered Wood Products
XJ 85 I-Joists
FireDefender Banded Cores
FireDefender FS
FireDefender Mineral Core
Hardboard and Thin MDF including Auto Hardboard

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What’s at Stake in Wisconsin – Capital vs. the Community
Laura Flanders, Grit TV
It’s a funny thing about covering budgets. Cutting spending garners a whole lot more attention than cutting taxes. How many Americans know, for example, that Governor Walker gave $140 million in tax breaks to corporations -- right before he announced this fiscal year's deficit of $137 million?
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/510270/what%27s_at_stake_in_wisconsin%3A_capital_vs._the_community/#paragraph5

What are the Neoconservatives up to in Libya?
Meteor Blades, Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/28/951076/-What-are-the-neoconservatives-up-to-in-Libya-The-usual

Why the Right Attacked Unions, ACORN and Planned Parenthood – Institutions that Help Bridge Politics and Daily Life
Ilyse Hogue, The Nation
Their attacks are all carefully aimed at the same critical juncture; institutions that work for people in their daily lives and in the political arena.
http://www.alternet.org/story/150092/why_the_right_attacked_unions%2C_acorn_and_planned_parenthood_--_institutions_that_help_bridge_politics_and_daily_life?akid=6589.9992.oRd1sV&rd=1&t=5