I'm too close to this to judge. Does the rest of the world "get" what's happening in Cheddarland?

[Jackpine Radical]

Are you only hearing about Madison, or about the demonstrations and other actions across the state? Do you hear about Appleton, Platteville, Rice Lake, Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Oshkosh? Did you hear about the faculty at UW-LaCrosse working to unionize themselves in Walker's face today?

[TBF]

1. Don't forget Green Bay and Fond du Lac - students marched in both cities-

yes I'm getting updates from back home.

[a kennedy]

3. Sparta, and La Crosse high school students all went out....

but you're right they're only covering Madison, which is all right by me. Any coverage is good coverage......

[Jackpine Radical]

16. And many more. I have lost track.

Faculty at UW-River Falls & UW-Stout are also about to emulate UW-LaCrosse. I think the state will end up essentially shutting down for a while. We'll see what Walker does about that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. The media, little that there is,

is concentrating on Madison.

Hell, today I woke up a kid to the fact that we are having these things happening. She don't know 'bout this. I explained the stakes...

So be happy if people realize it is happening, not the localities.

For the record, this is spreading to OTHER states now. OH and Indiana.

[annabanana]

4. Madison was the only place I'd heard. I'm DELIGHTED

that it's spreading. Here's hoping it's big enough to FORCE CorpoMedia© to cover it.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. It's not "spreading." It's all happening in parallel.

Busloads of activists from every corner of the state headed for Mad City, & the ones who couldn't go are protesting wherever they are.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. When we say it is spreading we mean OH and IND

soon we will have more of this in other states like NJ and TN...

:hi:

[Jackpine Radical]

17. I missed that.

Thanks for straightening me out.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. I have been blogging all day

:-)

It is growing.

Oh and shameless plug, for the strike fund see my sig

[erinlough]

5. I want to know more!

I have a break here in Michigan, Friday and Monday off, so tell me where to go to march. I'm only a couple of hours away. To answer your question, no there is not enough info and if you know about a website that is organizing please post it. We can win if we stick together and help each other. I'm here for you.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. You may as well go to Madison in that case.

That's where the largest demonstrations are, it's the place the media are watching.

[AsahinaKimi]

6. Lets see what Ed Shultz has to say!

Coming up soon on MSNBC.. its gonna be awesome!

[gmcheeseman]

7. California girl cheering you on

In California, I am cheering all of you standing up for worker's rights. Other governors are watching what is happening. This is a key moment in U.S. history, in my opinion.

[PeaceNikki]

9. Menomonee Falls had big protests, too.

[PeaceNikki]

10. And at Walker's family home in Wauwatosa.

[lob1]

12. I've been watching MSNBC and I wasn't aware that it

was happening beyond Madison. Please keep us updated.

[Jackpine Radical]

20. I've been doing that.

I just posted pics of a demonstration this aft. in Chippewa Falls. This was after, and completely separate from, 500 kids walking out of the high school this morning in support of their teachers.

Rice Lake, a small town of 5000, had 500 demonstrators out yesterday.

[lob1]

25. Thanks, J.R. I agree with Ed Shultz, who just said that

this is the most important story going for Americans. We're at a turning point, and we could basically end any semblance of democracy we have.

[ClassWarrior]

29. Kids walked out of schools all across the Milwaukee metro area today.

I saw several schools with large groups of kids out on the sidewalk, in the city and the suburbs.

NGU.

[Jackpine Radical]

30. I thought that was just kinda normal in Milwaukee.

:hide:

[ClassWarrior]

31. Haha...

Don't say that around my kid. She's already hacked off at the teabaggers who are slamming her school on a news site for walking out.

:rofl: Welcome to politics, kiddo!

NGU.

[postulater]

13. Do football fans realize the Packers support the unions?

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/116231984.html

[Jackpine Radical]

21. Hell yes.

As a matter of fact, Ed Garvey, a longtime WI progressive and the main force behind Fighting Bob Fest (Google it), was the players' union lawyer for years. And of course the Pack is the only community-owned team in professional sports.

[Poboy]

15. Hearing of Madison only, but excited to hear of elswhere from you. Thanks for the report.

[brewens]

18. The rest of the world probably figures we have it coming to us.

They probably look at who and how we elect our leaders and say, "WTF did you THINK was gonna happen?"
Then they have to hope we get things straightened out without tearing the whole country apart.

[femmocrat]

22. Saw some coverage of other protests on the internet.

Had to do a little digging though. It's not on TV, that's for certain.

[liberalmuse]

23. Yesss! And no, I hadn't heard.

The corporate media doesn't like letting the unwashed masses know about this sort of thing. :eyes:

[upi402]

24. Egypt

I wonder if the internets are reconnected and do they know of it.

[EC]

26. And Kenosha

At the high schools and UW- Parkside.

[Jackpine Radical]

28. And Racine.

[Starry Messenger]

27. Billy Bragg just posted about it today on his FB page.

He's in the UK, and posted in solidarity. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=153395551345077#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=127163960690568&id=44905697470 I thought that was pretty cool. I've been following the news in CA, and hearing about the other actions too. It's as exciting as Egypt was as far as I'm concerned.