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Song of Protest
This week marks two years that I have been going to the Wisconsin Capitol to sing four verses of “We Shall Overcome” to protest the Walker administration and the takeover of our state by corporations. I try to make it … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol Police, Charles Tubbs, Mark Miller, rotunda, Scott Walker, We Shall Overcome, Wisconsin Capitol
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The Luck of the Irish
Apparently we Irishmen are either unwitting or unrepentant lawbreakers, but due to the luck of the Irish we get away with it with no consequences. For the past two years the Solidarity Sing Along and other protesters of the Scott … Continue reading
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Tagged bagpipes, Capitol Police, citations, David Erwin, Department of Natural Resources, Forward Marching Band, helium balloon, Irish flag, Irish flag ceremony, Irishmen, juvenile delinquents, lawbreaker, protesters, rotunda, Scott Walker, Shamrock Club, Solidarity Sing Along, St. Patrick's Day, State Patrol, Wisconsin Capitol, Zor Shrine Pipe and Drum Corps
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We Are Still Here
Just over two years ago Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker introduced his “budget repair” bill which pretty much gutted the strength of public employee unions. It also allowed the state to sell heating plants and other state property to whomever they … Continue reading
On Reading the Constitution Day (or Wisconsin Irony Day)
September 17, 2012 Dear Governor Walker, I will be stopping by the Wisconsin Capitol again this afternoon as I have done almost every day since March of 2011 to sing four verses of “We Shall Overcome” in the rotunda. But … Continue reading
Open Letter to Chief Erwin
August 27, 2012 Dear Chief Erwin, I haven’t met you yet, though I anticipate that some day I will. I read about you today and feel as if I know you already. In an interview with the Associated Press you … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Brother, Chief Erwin, Chief Tubbs, citizens, Constitution, Constitutional rights, Democracy, freedom, Marine, police, police chief, protests, rights, rotunda, Scott Walker, town hall, Wisconsin Capitol
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Keep Fighting
Last Tuesday’s recall election was not the end of the world and it was not the end of the Wisconsin Uprising. As devastating as it felt at the time it was in retrospect simply the beginning of the next phase. In fact, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta Darling, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, budget, budget repair, Capitol, Constitutional rights, Democrat, equal pay, Glenn Grothman, homelss, justice, Mining bill, politics, protests, Recall election, Republican, Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Tea Party, Voter ID, We Shall Not Be Moved, We Shall Overcome, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Uprising
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Letter to Scott Walker on Ciara Matthews
Dear Governor Walker, Here it is, only three days after you survived the recall election and three days after you stood in front of your supporters and media and told all of Wisconsin that you wanted to put the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Ciara Matthews, communications, Communications Director, election, recall, Scott Walker, tweet, Wisconsin
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Forward!
With time winding down on Wisconsin’s historic recall election it is time to pause, to reflect for just a moment, and then to charge forward to finish the task at hand. We have come too far to falter now. We … Continue reading
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Tagged campaign, Capitol, community, Democracy, election, protest, recall, Scott Walker, We are Wisconsin, We the People, Wisconsin
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