Sunday, February 20, 2011

Solidarity! « Fred Klonsky's blog #wisolidarity #wiunion #weac

Solidarity! « Fred Klonsky's blog

Solidarity!

FEBRUARY 20, 2011
by Fred Klonsky

Anne and I got in the car Saturday morning and headed up I-90 for the 150 mile drive to Madison, Wisconsin.

By the time we headed home 100,000, people had circled the capitol, some entered it, almost everybody carried a unique piece of the most impressive array of home-made signs I’ve ever seen. All were sending the message, “Union busting? It’s disgusting!”

More will be there today. And tomorrow. And Tuesday.

Give or take some of us from Illinois, that is one out of every 60 people in the state of Wisconsin.

The Tea Baggers? Their counter-demonstration was so small only the NY Times could see it.

The Democrats.

For many reasons, many progressives fell asleep after Obama got elected. Wisconsin Governor