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Archived Wednesday speeches from Democracy Convention: Ben Manski, Tom Hayden, Paul Soglin, Cheri Honkala

August 25, 2011

Thanks to the MacGyver-like skills of Glen Mitroff of WORT-FM, cables laptop and camera were connected and better footage and audio than mine were obtained of last night’s speeches. (It looked touch-and-go there for a minute so I did my own Ustream version anyway)

The event opened with an amazing performance from dancers with the Call for Peace Drum and Dance Company:

Watch live streaming video from theuptake2 at livestream.com

Tags: Cheri Honkala, democracy convention, Madison, paul soglin, Tom Hayden, Wisconsin

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