Moral Mondays and the Solidarity Sing Along

During the super-heated comment exchange that occurred last summer when I posted several blogs here calling on participants of the Solidarity Sing Along to get a permit, one commenter likened the Sing Along to North Carolina’s Moral Monday movement and demanded to know if I would tell folks in North…

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Walker administration drops permit requirement for Capitol protests

This is a victory for free speech. To settle a free speech lawsuit, Gov. Scott Walker’s administration agreed Tuesday to pay more than $88,000 in attorneys fees and drop its hard-and-fast requirement that larger groups protesting in the Capitol receive a permit. The Walker administration faced a federal trial in…

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Sen. Cullen supports the rights of Solidarity Sing Along participants to sing without a permit

Last week I highlighted statements made by Democratic State Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson, who stated his belief that Solidarity Sing Along participants should get a permit if they want to sing in the State Capitol rotunda. At the time, myself and Doug from Friends Don’t Let Friends Vote Republican…

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Sen. Kathleen Vinehout: I understand why the folks who come to sing are not seeking a permit

Yesterday I wrote about Democratic State Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson’s statement that he believes participants in the Solidarity Sing Along should get a permit to exercise their rights to free assembly and free speech. After posting about Sen. Larson’s comments, I got to wondering what Sen. Larson’s Democratic colleagues…

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FDLFVR: Chris Larson asserts Solidarity Sing Along participants should get a permit

Apparently Democratic State Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson believes the participants of the Solidarity Sing Along should get a permit to exercise their rights to free speech and assembly. Senator Larson was asked the question “Do I have the right to individually petition my Government, and do I lose that…

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Citizen Dave: Dave Erwin should meet & talk with Solidarity Sing Along participants

This is worth a read… It’s always a hard to understand in the moment if a form of direct action is helping or hurting the cause. Sitting in at lunch counters is now understood to be heroic and important. But at the time, even some of those who supported civil…

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Attorneys Representing Capitol Dissidents Deplore Capitol Police Brutality and Racial Profiling

From my email inbox: August 28, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Lawyers Guild Madison Chapter Contact Patricia K. Hammel 608-279-4136 Attorneys Representing Capitol Dissidents Deplore Capitol Police Brutality and Racial Profiling Two well publicized arrests of African Americans at the Solidarity Sing Along August 26 in the Wisconsin State Capitol…

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Thursday Music Special Edition: For the Capitol Police Hoi Polloi: Goon Squad

It’s one of my all time favorite musicians: Elvis Costello’s Goon Squad!

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Perplexing Department of Administration Reply To Real Questions:

A week ago I sent two emails off to Madison. One to Secretary Mike Huebsch at the Department of Administration and the second to Chief Erwin of the Capitol Police. The questions essentially asked about the procedures being used by the Capitol Police when observing the Solidarity Sing Along, declaring…

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Would These Arrests Have Gone The Same Way If These Men Were White?

I have been working on other blogs about the police procedures being used in the Capitol Rotunda by the Capitol Police. But those are getting put aside for the moment to present these two videos from today. Now certainly these weren’t the only arrests made today…but I wonder if they…

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