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As Goes Janesville Goes Viral

We released a 10 minute trailer (on the homepage of this site an at our film’s website) two days ago, and the media has spread the story of Governor Scott Walker’s conversation with a donor to his campaign about how he intends to “divide and conquer” the unions. The conversation was filmed about 2 weeks before Wisconsin blew up over the Governor’s budget adjustment bill that sought to mostly end collective bargaining for all public employee unions.

Here is a sampling. You can google the headlines, or find most of the links on our movie’s Facebook Page.

May 11, 2012—“Video Walker explains, divide and conquer strategy,”  The Associated Press
May 11, 2012—“Countdown to recall: Walker’s lies exposed in new documentary,” The Ed Show
May 11, 2012— “Scott Walker: ‘I don’t remember all the particulars’ of January 2011 ‘divide and conquer’ exchange,” The Huffington Post
May 11, 2012—“Scott Walker’s politically suicidal exchange,” Salon
May 11, 2012— “Scott Walker said budget strategy in Wisconsin was ‘divide and conquer,’” The Washington Post
May 11, 2012 – “Gov. Walker has a billionaire problem, and not the Koch brothers for once,” Forbes
May 11, 2012—“Video: Gov. Walker using ‘divide and conquer’ strategy to bust union,”  Fox 6 Milwaukee
May 11, 2012 – “Video shows Walker discussing union strategy ahead of bargaining bill,” WISN
May 11, 2012— “Dems rip Walker over footage as GOP converges on Green Bay, WisPolitics
May 11, 2012—“‘As Goes Janesville’ filmmaker says he’s no Michael Moore,” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
May 11, 2012— “Documentary with Walker ‘ divide conquer’ scene to get ‘sneak peak,’” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
May 11, 2012—“Barrett, Walker at odds  over ‘divide and conquer’ union,” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
May 11, 2012—“Scott Walker describes ‘divide and conquer’ strategy against public unions,” The Huffington Post
May 11, 2012— “Scott Walker Recall: Governor outlines ‘divide and conquer’ strategy in video,” International Business Times
May 11, 2012—“Newly-release video shows Walker’s ‘divide and conquer’ strategy against labor,” TPM
May 11, 2012—“Video: Walker explains divide, conquer strategy,” Bloomberg Businessweek
May 11, 2012— “Barrett fundraising on Walker’s ‘divide and conquer’ comments caught on tape,” Isthmus Daily Page
May 11, 2012— “Transcript of Walker-Hendricks union discussion,” The Republic
May 11, 2012— “Scott Walker promised $500K donor he would ‘divide and conquer’ unions, The Nation
May 10, 2012— “In film, Walker of talks of ‘divide and conquer’ union strategy,” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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2 Responses to “As Goes Janesville Goes Viral”

  1. dj says:

    Sounds interesting. Looking forward to viewing the discussion on Milwaukee PBS Community Cinema.

    Wondering how Chrysler plant closing in Kenosha (also in Paul Ryan’s district) compares. It is over 100 acres and requires $30M to cleanup. $1.5M loan from the state and $10M from TARP, and I’m guessing the rest is put on the community’s local property tax bills. Chrysler seemed to bleed jobs slowly over many years, while GM hit pretty quickly.

  2. Larry Duerr says:

    Hi, I’m a librarian at Alverno College and we are interested in purchasing “As Goes Janesville” for our collection. Will it be available for purchase, and if so what is the cost to colleges? Thank you.

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