May 1, 2023 By WCMCoop “Protestor List” trial begins in Milwaukee against Wauwatosa Police The trial began today against Dominick Ratkowski, an IT contractor, and Officer Joseph Roy of the Wauwatosa Police Department for allegedly creating and using a “Protestor List” during the 2020 protests of the killing of three men by Wauwatosa Police Officer […]
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The Wisconsin Senate & Assembly have passed the Riot Bill: Gov. Evers must veto it – contact him today!
February 1, 2022 Our constitutional rights are in danger – take action! In October we told you about this incredibly bad bill that could put our members in jail, with huge fines, for peacefully protesting. In late January we warned you that it was suddenly up for a vote in both houses. On January 25, […]
New Wisconsin protest bill redefines “riot” and creates harsh new penalties for exercising freedom of speech
October 17, 2021 A new “Riot Bill” in Wisconsin would redefine the term “riot” under Wisconsin law so that peaceful protestors could face steep penalties for just being in the same place as someone else committing a disturbance (see bill below). It has already passed the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, and […]
EDITORIAL: We are all connected, and we are all being threatened by Enbridge and the politicians who support them
October 2, 2021 Barbara With Dear friends and neighbors, As many of you might know, I spent this past summer at Shell City Water Protector Camp in northern Minnesota, taking a stand to protect the water there from Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline. The destruction this project has caused is a nightmare. While I […]
Resources to follow Wisconsin Line 5 regulatory process
September 9, 2021 Midwest Environmental Advocates Pipeline construction can impact water resources in a number of different ways, including the filling of wetlands, altering the course of rivers, and pollution from stormwater runoff at the construction site. Midwest Environmental Advocates has partnered with Wisconsin’s Green Fire to create resources to help you understand how pipelines are regulated […]
White Earth files Rights of Nature lawsuit against Minnesota DNR
August 5, 2021 READ COMPLAINT HERE First “Rights of Nature” Enforcement Case Filed in Tribal Court to Enforce Treaty Guarantees Action filed against Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to Stop Diversion of 5 Billion Gallons of Water for Enbridge “Line 3” Pipeline Press Release August 4, 2021 Contact: Frank BibeauPlaintiff’s Attorney frankbibeau@gmail.com 218-760-1258 Thomas Linzey, […]
GOP + DNC = Ultimate Party Unity
March 21, 2020 by Barbara With Corporate Fascism: When legislators collude with corporations to write bills and pass laws that benefit the corporations at the expense of the land, water, air, economy, and the life, liberty, health and happiness of We the People. Those of us who lived through the Wisconsin Uprising in 2011 witnessed […]
EDITORIAL: ObamaBiden: No Change to Believe in
March 20, 2020 by Michael Mertes For those of us who felt quite optimistic voting for Obama/Biden in 2008, I’d like to reminisce. Remember what you expected and thought you were getting? A strong young President who “wasn’t Bush” with new ideas and some “Hope” for sanity and justice in the future. The torch […]
Chequamegon Dems Reject Bewley’s Support of SB386; Urge Gov. Evers to Veto
November 11, 2019 by Barbara With On November 9, 2019, the membership of the Chequamegon Democrats, which represents Ashland and Bayfield County members of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, met and after full and free discussion passed a resolution rejecting AB426/SB386, the controversial ALEC “anti-protest” bill and are calling on Governor Evers to veto the […]
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