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Ten Thousand Protest Budget Bill in Madison, Wisconsin « Student Activism

Ten Thousand Protest Budget Bill in Madison, Wisconsin « Student Activism

Ten Thousand Protest Budget Bill in Madison, Wisconsin

Yesterday saw protests against Governor Scott Walker’s budget plan — which would slash faculty pay and roll back unionization rights for state employees — across the state of Wisconsin. A hundred high school students walked out in Stoughton, for instance, while in Madison, at least a thousand students, faculty, and supporters marched on the state capitol.

Today hundreds of people packed a