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Nothing will defeat us!

Largest Madison Rally Ever Tops 100,000

Wisconsin Farmer sits atop tractor circling capital square

Gov. Scott Walker can pit people against people, communities against workers, public against private, schools against communities, turning his back on our farmers, while assuming near-dictatorial Scott Walker control of local concerns and budgets that make Walker and his regime the mayor and manager of all villages, towns, and cities. Walker can spread lies and fear; but for only so long before there comes a time when the people react.

That time is now.

Excerpted below, analysis from John Nichols at the Capital Times

When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his aides hailed the series of back-door moves -- violations of open meeting laws, restricted debates, snap votes -- that gave him a momentary victory in his fight to strip public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights, they claimed they were doing the bidding of the people of Wisconsin.

Referencing last November’s election, which gave him the governorship and control of the Legislature, Walker has repeatedly said through the monthlong fight in Wisconsin that “the people have spoken” and “the voters have spoken.”

If we elected monarchs (or “kings for four years,” as Thomas Jefferson feared), then Walker’s pronouncements from on high might be worthy of note.

But, of course, the United States went with a representative democracy, where elected officials are supposed to at least respect and ideally respond to the clear will of the people.

The clear will of the people has been shown in contacts with the offices of Republican legislators, which ran in some cases 10-1 against the governor’s proposal; in polls that show less than one-third of Wisconsinites support the governor’s approach (and that a clear majority would replace him as governor if they could); and in mass demonstrations that are drawing hundreds of thousands into the streets.

Massive with Video

From MLK Blvd corner



From the AFL-CIO on March 12:

Wisconsin Families: Massive Rally in Madison, Across State All Weekend

100,000-plus expected at state capitol building; Windy forecast; layer-up

One Wisconsin Now!

Just a reminder to join over 100,000 at the Capitol Square Saturday and Sunday, downtown Madison for a massive protest against Governor Walker's attacks on Wisconsin's middle class.

There's a tractorcade featuring Wisconsin's working farmers from 10a - 11a, followed by the massive demonstration at 2pm.

Weather forecast: Winds at 20 to 30 mph, occasionally gust over 40 mph. Temp in the 30s. It will be cold among the lakes and warm in our hearts.

We believe in local control and working families, no matter what the Koch brothers, Walker, Hopper and holy FitzWalkerstan think serves the billionaires best.

Pubilus No 9 reports: "Events are being scheduled for all day long Saturday. Starting at 8am, citizens with the group People Organizing Wisconsin for Education and workers’ Rights (P.O.W.E.R.) will be walking from Milwaukee to Madison in 3 shifts, arriving in Madison on Sunday at about 2pm. Check out the route for further details." ...

From noon to 3pm there's the "March on the Capitol" rally held by the AFT-Wisconsin union at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. entrance.



Starting at 1pm, you can run around the Capitol square as part of the "Run, Dems, Run!" protest run of 14 laps. They say this is 8 miles! But of course you don't have to run the entire 14 laps. The run starts at the State Street corner