Tag: Solidarity Sing Along

Just a quick note… I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that the participants in the Solidarity Sing Along have set up the First Amendment Protection Fund to help to help defray the direct legal costs associated with defending these citations and criminal charges. If you’d like to help offset…

Recently I posited some questions about the arrests of singers in the rotunda during the Solidarity Sing Along. I suggested that video of Capitol Police manhandling grandmothers and retired veterans and retired clergy wouldn’t play well in the media. Well the arrests seem to be steeling the resolve of Governor…

Over a really cute photo of a squirrel in a tree, the Facebook ‘presence’ of the Solidarity Sing Along is now sending out invitations to the sing along…how totally disorganized: This little critter wanted to stop by our Facebook page to invite everyone to tomorrow’s SSA. No promises or guarantees,…

Courtesy of the Wisconsin State Journal: click this link!

This is a sideways continuation of my earlier post: Some Mythology of the Solidarity Sing Along. Governor Walker insists the Solidarity Sing Along apply for a permit, as does Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, as does the Capitol Police…and they all assure the Solidarity Sing Along that they will…

Governor Walker insists the Solidarity Sing Along apply for a permit, as does Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, as does the Capitol Police…and they all assure the Solidarity Sing Along that they will be issued the required permit if they would only apply. Well maybe and maybe not…but so…

This is a victory for anyone who values the First Amendment. Observers of the Solidarity Singalong won’t be cited, state officials said Wednesday, just hours after police told people in the Capitol rotunda they could be arrested for watching the regular noontime protest. Capitol Police have been issuing arrest warnings…

This is a fabulous idea, but I doubt elected Democrats in Wisconsin would/could do it. https://twitter.com/garagemahal65/status/364887092687405056

Over the past two weeks we’ve seen dozens and dozens of protestors in the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda in Madison arrested for participating in the Solidarity Singers or sometimes for simply observing them. Although up to a hundred individuals have participated on any given day, usually about two dozen individuals are…

The Solidarity Sing Along started March 11, 2011 and has continued every weekday since. Most days they sing in the rotunda of the state capitol…but they sing outside if there is another scheduled event in the Rotunda and they have often sung outside the Capitol on Fridays. As most readers…