Marie Martini, a member of The Raging Grannies of Madison, and Margit Moses, of Madison, were arrested by Capitol Police for singing in the rotunda today over the noon hour. The arrests took place during a rousing rendition of “Bring Back Wisconsin to Me,” which is sung to the tune of “My Bonnie Lies Over […]
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Capitol Cop Throws Videographer to the Ground
August 5, 2013 by WCMC Wisconsin Capitol Police have been arresting people in the Capitol for singing their grievances against the Scott Walker Administration without a permit for the last two weeks. Today during one of the multiple arrests, Officer Michael J. Syphard grabbed videographer Arthur Kohl-Riggs and threw him to the ground without any […]
Will Williams Falls While In Police Custody At WI Capitol 8.1.13
August 2, 2013 by Leslie Amsterdam and Rebecca Kemble Longtime Madison peace activist Will Williams, 70, was arrested for singing over the noon hour at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Thursday. He fell on his back on a marble staircase en route to the basement police processing center while escorted by four Capitol police officers. […]
Death Threats and Paramilitary Distract from GTac’s Dirty Secrets
July 29, 2013 by Barbara With After Gogebic Taconite (GTac) stumbled over the illegal hiring of a paramilitary militia to protect their drill sites in the Penokee Hills, new diversions are being created to draw attention away from the damage the out-of-state mining company has incurred during the core drilling phase of the permitting process. GTac […]
Wis. Capitol Police Renege on Promise to Serve Ice Cream to Nearly 2 Dozen Protesters
July 27, 2013 By Dotty Richmond [Editor’s Note: This is an open source correction of an AP article written by Todd Richmond on July 24, 2013. Todd’s mother Dotty makes her WCMC return, having helped Todd do his homework over on an earlier occasion. After finding out that her son did all his reporting from a bridge […]
Exercising Rights in Capitol May Be Harmful to Your Health
July 27, 2013 by wcmcoop A Lutheran pastor from Madison suffered cardiac symptoms while in police custody on Friday, July 26, after being arrested in the Wisconsin Capitol during what Capitol Police deemed an “unlawful assembly” of the Solidarity Sing Along. As the Rev. Carter Dary, 67, was being taken to the basement of the […]
Letter to a Young Poet
July 21, 2013 by Rob Ganson My letter to a new friend, an amazing 13 year old poet. Dear Baby Girl, I’m sorry we couldn’t elect better leaders, that we let bottom feeders extract their cash from our mother’s womb with disregard for you. I’m sorry I let Monsanto poison your future and tar sands […]
Walker Quashes Dissent in Wis. Capitol
July 19, 2013 By Sue Breckenridge [What follows are written comments submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Administration as part of the public input process on the promulgation of emergency administrative rules. – Editors] I wish to express my opposition to the rule changes to Admin 2. I realize that it is pointless for me […]
Iron County Residents Demand Justice
July 18, 2013 by Michael and Maureen Matusewic [Last week, Gogebic Taconite (GTac) hired an out-of-state security company from Arizona to patrol the site of the drilling equipment in the Penokee Hill of northern Wisconsin, where they claim they will build a 22-mile open pit mountaintop removal iron ore mine. The guards, GTac claimed, were […]
No Reason to Change Capitol Rules
July 15, 2013 by Wisconsin State Assembly Representative Chris Taylor [What follows are written comments submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Administration as part of the public input process on the promulgation of emergency administrative rules. – Editors] Thank you for the opportunity to submit written testimony regarding the proposed revisions to Wis. Adm. 2. […]
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