Michael Ratner, President of The Center for Constitutional Rights, joins Thom Hartmann. Between the violent police tactics - the mass arrests - the suppression of peaceful demonstrations - and the near eviction of Zucotti Park last Friday - there are a number of legal questions surrounding the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Sam Sacks fills in for Thom Hartmann on the Big Picture. During the hour, he gets the latest developments from the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York from RT America Senior Producer, Lucy Kafanov. Later in the show economist, Max Fraad Wolff breaks down the details of the free trade deal.

Thom speaks with a member of the Occupy Boston movement who witnessed the police brutality against civilians. Later in the show, he debates conservative commentator, David Selig about Senate Republicans filibustering President Obama's "American Jobs Act".

Democrats in Wisconsin haven't forgotten about Governor Scott Walker. After nearly a year of attacking working people's rights to unionize - and pitting private sector employees against public sector employees - Scott Walker's days of living in the Governor's Mansion in Madison could be numbered. The state's Democratic Party announced yesterday that it will begin sending out recall petitions against Governor Walker on November 15th. That gives Democrats two months to collect the 540000 signatures necessary to launch a recall election against Walker as soon as he's eligible for recall at the beginning of next year. As Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate said, "It has become clearer than ever that the people of Wisconsin - the traditions and institutions of our great state - cannot endure any more of Scott Walker's abuses." So will Democrats in the Badger state put an end to the war on unions that Scott Walker started? Here to give us an update is Graeme Zielinski - Communications Director with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.