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This is a small portion of a lengthy and fantastic Truthout story called “The Year Dissent Came Back”. It’s a thoughtful piece that covers 2011′s Slutwalks, the Occupy Movement, the Tar Sands Keystone XL resistance, the impact of Troy Davis’ execution and of course, the Wisconsin uprising. It’s not worth your time just because...
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Walker repeatedly lied asserted that the majority of Wisconsin’s protesters were from out of state. (disinformation debunked by Politifact and on the ground reports.) And now we learn that Walker has culled an unprecedented % of funds from out of state sources since January 3rd, 2011. What’s the problem? Do the wealthy of Wisconsin...
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The Institute for Wisconsin’s Future (IWF) issued a report recently that documents why it is that, according to the IWF’s accompanying press release, “Since the beginning of the fiscal year in July, Wisconsin ranks 50th – dead last — among the states in job performance, losing 27,600 jobs.” That date is important. July 1st...
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This is a nicely done video from the citizen journalists at WI Voices which counters Walker’s disinformation campaign on jobs. As so many of us remember, he was elected with the promise tall tale that he’d deliver 250,000 jobs. Assuming we got those 250,000 jobs, we’d be at 0% unemployment, making that both a...
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This is a guest post by by MadtownAnnie On a frigid windy day in December, hundreds (thousands?) of people traveled to Manitowoc, WI to show their support at a solidarity rally for the workers at Manitowoc Crane. Members of IAM Local 516, the International Aerospace and Machinists union, voted 180-2 to go on strike...
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Oh Scott Fitzgerald, yea of ruddy face and angry little league coach demeanor. ‘Tis a shame that the individuals recalling you are so intelligent AND skilled. It is particularly unfortunate for you that the woman who leads the charge to recall you is married to a GIS expert. He finds it puzzling – as...
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This is a brief note from an online friend. I think thousands of Wisconsinites would cosign his message. I can’t believe that you would read this Mr. Feingold, but I am writing anyway. I have been gathering recall signatures (as many of us are) and the number one question is always “who will run...
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Channel3000 did a nice clarification on the anti-recall add by Kristi LaCroix in their “Reality Check” feature and that got me looking at the whole thing again. The gist of the original ad is that those of us who are recalling don’t really have grounds for taking that action, we just have ‘sour grapes’...
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Congratulations Bill O’Reilly. You just made yourself look like an ass and gave a little more lime light to Wisconsin protesters in the process. Basically what happened is that Branden Lane of Wisconsin Jobs Now was in DC for the Occupy Congress action with about 150 other Wisconsinites [actually I think he might still...
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The Wausau Daily Herald is reporting that Wausau Paper will be closing a paper mill in Brokaw, Wisconsin by March 31st of next year. About 450 employees will lose their jobs. The paper quoted Dave Eckmann, the economic development director for the Marathon County Development Corporation: The closure is expected to ripple throughout the...
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Despite the fact that there is STILL no snow on the ground in my south side of Wisconsin, there is an accumulation of another sort of precipitation. I refer to the continued release of snow jobs from Governor Scott Walker’s message machine. Monona Grove’s Jeff Knudson, a fourth grade teacher, says: “When the state...
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According to the Politiscoop blogger, a key Walker advocate, Kristi LaCroix, was present at a Kenosha event when a woman stood up to deliver what I would call a ‘white pride speech’, and at the conclusion of said speech, a standing ovation was delivered. (Audio is at the bottom of this post.) Ms. LaCroix...
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Update: If we all google “Scott Walker fascist bastard” do you realize that google’s autofill will soon show that phrase to everybody? Hmmmmm. If you care to do that, feel free to click this convenient little link. ————————————- Did you read the story of Ruthelle Frank? She’s the 84-year-old woman from Brokaw, WI who...
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About 30-50 people gathered in the Capitol building’s basement this morning to question Chief Tubbs and a Department of Administration rep. on a new policy that will — among other things — force protesters at Wisconsin’s Capitol building to pay for additional law enforcement and treat groups of 4 or more people as “rallies”....
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The Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature passed absurdly gerrymandered legislative redistricting maps earlier this summer. The changes are being challenged in federal court and have a better than average chance of being found unconstitutional, but even if the flawed redistricting plan is upheld by the courts, it is not set to go into effect until the...
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Do you ever feel like you miss the “good old days” of the Madison protests? Here’s your chance to relive them from the comfort of your own home. December 14 from 4-8 pm there will be a book signing and social event for the book “Cut from Plain Cloth” at the City Center Plaza...
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Image above provided courtesy of Derek Brabender The Park Street Labor Temple in Madison was wall to wall people as we revisited memories of the past year and readied ourselves to face the future. Thank you police officers and fire fighters, bagpipe players and drummers, and speakers John Nichols of The Nation, Brian Austin...
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This DOA policy change is aimed at cracking down on freedoms in the Capitol building, especially protests, and specifically what I’ve been told is the world’s longest running labor protest, the Solidarity Sing Along. Here are the main points from a 22 page DOA policy for use of Capitol and state buildings of Wisconsin...
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A word from Joe Vittie on an article that appeared in Wisconsin State Journal and it’s author, Chris Rickert. No one has ever attended a demolition derby to in order to witness excellence in driving, or to enjoy the beauty of automotive design. Neither does one read a Chris Rickert column to find...
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We’ve all experienced a bit of road rage in our lives. But these anti-recall drivers sound like hell on wheels. Shocking but seems true: the second one could be a Racine County GOP official. This is from the Racine Journal Times: “Kelly Gallaher, the organizer for the local progressive group Community for Change, said...
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