Student-run 'Information Station' crew keeps protesters organized and supplied

[Joanne98]

Source: The Daily Page

The Wisconsin state Capitol rotunda after dark looks much the same as it does during daylight hours these days. Keep the drums and chants, subtract about half the protestors, add in several tired-eyed toddlers and some sleeping bags, and you’ve got the picture.

“I just took all my stuff and moved in here,” says UW-Madison junior Vali Nashat.

Nestled onto a carpet of blankets in a pillow-cushioned corner of the second floor, Nashat says he hasn’t spent a night away from the Capitol floor since protestors staged the first “sleep-in” Tuesday.

While others in the blanket nook settle in with laptops and textbooks, Nashat and a few friends sit on the edge, talking politics and the protest so far.



Read more: http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=32360

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Dat's dem Goddam Cheesehead soshalists for ya.

"Not only do the Capitol protestors “want” to help, they’re organized and ready to serve. Thanks to several enterprising groups and a lot of cooperative individuals, the Capitol rotunda now boasts garbage collection, recycling, a community food bank, water supplies, lost and found, an information services station, and more."

[Chiquitita]

2. impressive

That's the best rendering of a Wisconsin accent into print I've ever seen!!

[GoCubsGo]

5. But, but, but...

They're a bunch of thugs who are trashing state property, and leaving a huge mess for others to clean up.

At least that is what the wingnuts are saying...

[Jackpine Radical]

18. Reality has a well-known liberal bias.

[swilton]

24. We have to document all of this

a template for future actions - take notes!

[roguevalley]

26. awesome stuff. future leaders being born

[PatrynXX]

29. wonder how that cheesehat we sent to Norway is doing

dads cousin 9th removed..

sent him one when we lived up in Rothschild which is next to wausau where the packers tended to train... thats madison for you..

[Lifelong Protester]

3. We are all becoming socialists now. Thanks right wingers!

[tpsbmam]

4. Mini-Egypt.

This is what the Egyptians did. They organized garbage, food,etc. Huge K&R for the students! This is absolutely awesome! Boy, to be a parent of a young person like that -- hope their parents are proud as hell. I sure would be.

:loveya:

[Autumn Colors]

13. Exactly -- they watched and learned

I have no doubt that they were inspired by the Egyptians and are doing the things that "worked" ... sustained protest crowds (not one day and then go home), nonviolence, organization, etc.

[OneGrassRoot]

42. Bravo!!!

:loveya:

[Kingofalldems]

6. Good kids!

K and R

[Plucketeer]

7. Anyone got a link to some site I can send money to?

There's gotta be some gathering point for donations. Donations to pay for food and other amenities these brave folks need.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

34. + 1 ... me, too n/t

[Lindsay]

8. The kids are most definitely

all right. Good on 'em!!!

[russspeakeasy]

9. This is so great...a chance to teach politicians and non voters

what can happen if you are not involved in the voting process.

[plumbob]

10. Bless these students! Their parents and teachers should be teary-eyed PROUD!

I've just had a bigger infusion of hope than I've felt for at least a decade!

Doing the right thing, doing it well, doing it for the right reasons!

Koch has some outside, paid agitators? Let them come and hang their heads in shame when they view the real thing! Even the movie selection, Harlan County, USA, is a great choice!

Yes, if someone can provide a link to help fund, we can get a few Texas bucks headed that way!

[Myrina]

25. I know this graduate of UW's "Social Change and Development" program is ..

... teary eyed and proud today!!


:patriot:

[TBF]

47. Same here -

my UW undergrad is in Child and Family Studies. I can't think of a better way to protect families than to fight back against these draconian policies. I'm a very proud alum today.

[Lucinda]

11. Wonderful. Protest...they're doing it right!

Thanks for the link Joanne!

[DissedByBush]

35. Responsible, civilized protesting

Prouder and prouder. This is how it's done.

[Matariki]

12. The Egyptians showed the world how to do it.

You don't go out for one day and call it done.

[Citizen Worker]

19. Please don't forget Tunisia and now Bahrain, Libya, Jordan, and on and onward!

[FailureToCommunicate]

27. Actually, this guy probably showed some Egyptian protestors....

link to Gene Sharp:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/world/middleeast/17sharp.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

But I agree with you about Egyptians' all important staying power!

[rasputin1952]

14. I am so proud of these people...

they have it down to a science...responsible people taking on the processes that have them so peeved, in a way that is impossible not to respect.

And they having a dramatic impact on the elected officials that created this nightmare of people losing any benefits they have or will accrue.

Let the RW screech and gnash their teeth...they lost this one, and lost it badly...:D

FWIW...this has taken on a life of it's own, and is the harbinger of the death of the Teabagger movement. They lost here, they lose everywhere...;)

[TwentyFive]

15. People are waking up. Do you feel it in your bones?

These students and protesters are too smart to buy the corporate media lies...their commitment shows it. Nobody is leading them. They look around and see what's happening to our country. It's starts in Wisconsin...and I hope it doesn't end until the rich are eating dirt.

[savalez]

17. Yes I do. 2012 will be big.

[TwentyFive]

23. The protests are infectious and energizing...40,000 on Friday...history is being made.

People all over the country are talking. Politicians tell us to sacrifice...sacrifice...sacrifice. Meanwhile the top 1% hogs 23.5% of income and get a tax cut. And often this 23.5% of income is made by shipping jobs to China.

The time is right. This can spread like wildfire.

[socialist_n_TN]

31. And 70k today. That one of the MOST impressive...........

things about this uprising. EVERY DAY IT GETS BIGGER! Now THAT'S impressive.

[SoapBox]

16. Bravo...true activism vs. the Fake and Phony Astroturfers sent by the KKKoch Brothers...

...and their croony sock puppet, DicKKK Armey.

[myrna minx]

20. K&R Excellent. n/t

[Waiting For Everyman]

21. K&R!

[aquart]

22. I expect we'll be voting for some of those kids, eventually.

This is wonderful training in the hard-slogging work of democracy.

[stlsaxman]

44. i expect we'll be voting WITH a lot of these kids very soon!

the same power that elected the current administration is once again hard at work to maintain democracy. It's like they realize now that maybe they should have voted in 2010 as well.

:shrug:

(purposefully left Obama's name out the post to avoid lengthy sub-thread)

[peacetalksforall]

28. Hooray for youth with one foot in the clouds of idealism and the other firmly planted on

the ground in all their practical, energy-driven, and invigorating work.

I hope this is Aquarius and that the attraction of these kids is exemplary to all whether it is some day, if not today, for those who

I don't want to say this, but I have to be blunt

for those who are political haters and activists who use lies, distortions, and character attacks as their killer tool.

[Dollface]

30. A generation that grew up using planners since the 4th grade. Well done..

[annabanana]

32. The kids are alright . . . . . n/t

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[DeSwiss]

36. K&R

[CBHagman]

37. All hail the Cheesehead Rebellion!

:applause:

[Bozita]

38. I stand in awe of the incredibly resourceful folks congregating in Madison

[luv_mykatz]

39. So beautiful...

and good for our hearts and souls to see this. May it all just get bigger and bigger. GO Wisconsin!:party: :toast: :bounce:

[Blacksheep214]

40. Is it true

that Walker is looking for camels and horses to ride through the protesters?

Amazing how government thinks alike everywhere. Bring in their shills to start violence and then blame the marchers. Sounds like that won't fly.

Pity so many Wisconsinites are brainwashed by the Fox propaganda.

[AllyCat]

41. Nice! Well done!

[deacon]

43. The teachers taught them well. n/t

[Corruption Winz]

45. Why is it that....

These are never the type of people you see on shows like; 115 Kids & Counting.

If ever there were people that should be encouraged to pro-create.

However, I suspect these people are smart enough to realize that might actually be a BAD idea.

[nradisic]

46. That is so cool...

WE the PEOPLE!

[lib2DaBone]

48. God bless these kids and gods speed to the protestors... stay safe....

SHAME SHAME SHAME on the Tea Baggers and Republicans for trying to pin this depression on the backs of working men and women while the Banksters (who caused it) go free.

Someone HAS to stop the Scott Walkers, Rick Scotts and Michele Bachman crazies.