Posts tagged protest
Madison 1 year ago. #WIunion ”A member of a local carpenters union holds a large wooden peace sign above his head as he looks down State Street.”
Reminder: the warm and fuzzy Clint Eastwood Chrysler super bowl ad sells a car and —to some degree — the Obama administration. Hug it close to you if you like, it’s your right. I just ask that you also keep in mind that the images scrubbed from the 3 seconds of Wisconsin footage are tied to the fight and the future of 5.5 million Wisconsinites. We are still engaged in the same fight and we are not backing down. More on the Chrysler ad with comparison photos here.
My name is Kelly Schomburg, I’m the girl with the red hair in these pictures. I was protesting at the Occupy Wall Street march yesterday when I and several other women were sprayed with mace and subsequently arrested. Many have already seen the video, which has been spreading like wildfire over twitter, Facebook, tumblr, and other video feeds, along with hundreds of other photos and videos. This is my recount of what happened.
#PaulRyan - Soup kitchen near Paul Ryan’s #Janesville office TODAY 9/1 - Mass Transportation available from #Madison ‘We’ll be having a speak-out to draw attention to the hard times faced by Janesville residents and then we’ll be setting up a soup kitchen near Ryan’s office to serve Janesville residents in need of a meal.
Buses will be leaving Madison from 2 locations:
1. Memorial Union at 3:30pm
2. GEF Bldg at King St and Webster St at 4:00pm(ish)
Please call 510-757-5925 to reserve a seat on the bus.’
-organized by National Nurses United, PRC,Wisconsin Wave and others.
MAP TO Paul Ryan’s Janesville Office
“During the Great Depression, soup kitchen lines were a visible reminder of widespread suffering.
People are also suffering today, but all too often they’re invisible to or ignored by politicians and the media”
Nicole recorded a conversation with a DMV clerk and the video went viral. Her son was asked to show “activity” on his bank statement when he was trying to get a a VOTER ID recently…indicating that not only did he have to provide documents, but he had to have enough finances to get a voter ID. - Alarming.
Nicole recently went to New Orleans to speak at a press briefing on ALEC - the American Legislative Exchange Council. We’ll discuss long-term protesting in Wisconsin, citizen journalism, ALEC, suppression of the vote in WI, and Wisconsin’s historic set of recall elections today… .find our streaming audio at bluecheddar.net [where it will also be archived]
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