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On the Ground in Wisconsin: ‘SCREW US AND WE MULTIPLY’
02.21.2011
04:45 pm
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If you are looking for no-nonsense updates about the pro-labor protests in Madison, Wisconsin from a non-corporate-owned news source, look no further than the continuous updates from the Center For Freedom and Democracy on Facebook. Go to their FB page and “like” ‘em, and you’ll get their live-blogging updates in your news feed.

Despite the slickly iced-over snow and Capitol steps, ralliers climbed onto the Capitol lawn Monday afternoon, slipping and sliding to see Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and other notable pro-union ralliers speak. Hats were donned and the thud-thud of yellow leather work gloves sounded across the lawn. Children even sledded down the Capitol lawn’s hill on their bright green “It’s About Freedom” AFSCME signs.

As Morello took the stage, he explained his motivations for coming to Wisconsin to show he is in solidarity with unions across the country.

“This is very personal for me, because my mother was a high school teacher,” he said. “And we always had enough food on our table and clothes on our back because she was a union teacher.”

The crowd, now filling up the expanse of the Mifflin and State corner’s Capitol lawn, all the stairs and the inner Square, cheered loudly.

Morello noted that this was a historical day for Wisconsites and for union workers across the country, and that this story “will not be told by FOX news!”

The Center For Freedom and Democracy is actually located in Wisconsin, so they’re “local” in addition to not being affiliated with Rupert Murdoch…

CMD’s in-depth background report on what’s going on in Wisconsin and how the far-right Koch Brothers have gotten involved can be read here.
 
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02.21.2011
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