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Schools Matter: Democracy Movement in Full Flower in Madison: Next Stop, Columbus #killthebill #wiunion #weac #forWIteachers #Wsconsin #solidaritywi

Schools Matter: Democracy Movement in Full Flower in Madison: Next Stop, Columbus

Democracy Movement in Full Flower in Madison: Next Stop, Columbus

From Brian LeCloux, who posted this at ARN:

I was at the rally today for 11 hours. Awesome!

There were 5,000 inside the State Capitol from the early morning on, chanting "this is what democracy looks like" and "Recall Walker", singing "We Shall Overcome" and shouting "We Got Democracy, Yes We Do, We Got Democracy
how about you" and "We are Wisconsin" and "Kill this Bill" This went on for hours and was driven by a great crew
of drummers and protest leaders. At one point an American flag was unfurled stretching the width of the Capitol Rotunda as we sang. Very emotional for all involved.

Outside 20,000 were marching around the capitol building.

The firefighters and police, who are not affected by Walker's anti democratic