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Repression, Resilience & Solidarity: The 4th Precinct Shutdown

Remember, human rights are your rights!

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McCarthyism Is Alive and Well at Wisconsin Capitol

He’s making a list and checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty or nice…. The Holidays are here, and Capitol police officers are invoking the spirit of Senator Joe McCarthy by compiling a list of regular attendees of the Solidarity Sing Along, the weekday noon hour singing protest at the Wisconsin Capitol. Police appear […]

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“Survey Reveals That Many States Choose Slavery” – Wisconsin Territorial Journal

By Jim Murray Many Wisconsinites were both surprised and troubled by the Sunday Wisconsin State Journal’s front-page article “Tighter rules for Capitol protests not unlike many other states’.” This Sunday’s article described the very limited Free Speech that is tolerated in other states’ Capitols and concludes that the current crackdown on freedom of expression in our Capitol […]

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Fitzwalkerstan’s War on Women

[The following speech was delivered by Dee Ives at a rally denouncing the War on Women at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Saturday, April 28, 2012.} Solidarity Wisconsin! As an SEIU “Union Thug” nurse and veteran, I spoke last year about how Governor Walker’s Act 10 would amount to a War on Women and veterans […]

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Home is Where the Heart(Balloon) Is

Today marks a very special anniversary. On February 19, 2011, Capitol Balloon, a red mylar heart shaped balloon, floated up inside the Wisconsin State Capitol to begin a four and a half month residence under a ledge surrounding the mural ‘”Resources of Wisconsin”. Hearts play a significant role in the Wisconsin Uprising as February 14, […]

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