Huge turnout at the polls today in Madison.

Back in Madison. Report from the Capital April 3

I am happy to be back in Madison, WI for the week. Covering elections and tomorrow's historic national day of action.
I arrived in Madison today after taking the train from Burlington, VT.
I left Burlington yesterday at 11:30am and arrived in Madison at 1:45pm.
Viva rail travel and viva the revolution in Madison!!!

Scott Walker Signs Budget Repair Bill while thousands gather outside of his office.

Madison from sam mayfield on Vimeo.

Friday March 11, 2011 Scott Walker signs budget repair bill.

Madison Firefighters Taking Action Against Walker Bank

Madison Firefighters are starting a movement encouraging people to move their money from M & I bank and other institutions that support Gov. Scott Walker. M & I is notably one Gov. Scot Walkers biggest supporters.

Teachers, Businesses "Getting Screwed" By Gov Walker.
Interviews with those most affected by Walker's proposed budget and anti-union agenda.

Madison, Wisconsin - Interviews with people on the ground and
brief video update from the Cheese Revolution.





Michael Moore - "America is not broke!"
4 minute redux from Madison, Wisconsin

Burlington Vermont shows solidarity with the People of Madison, Wisconsin.
Solidarity Forever

Vermonters in Solidarity with Madison Wisconsin Workers



On Tuesday February 22, 2011 Vermonters gathered at the capitol to show their solidarity with the courageous people of Madison, Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin worker's bargaining rights are being negotiated while the Governor compromises the future of the working class.
While tens of thousands demonstrate in Madison hundreds rallied in Montpelier to relate to the struggles that are facing working class people all over the country.

Vermont Yankee - Shut it Down Now.
January 1, 2011 action at the Vernon Plant

Welcoming the New Year on Saturday, January 1, 2011 nine women from Vermont and Massachusetts were arrested as they blocked the driveway leading in to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant owned by Entergy.
The women, carrying huge mock solar panels, were charged with
unlawful trespass when local and state police arrested them just before two
in the afternoon when they refused to leave the property.
Police booked the women and released them pending a February 28 court
appearance in Windham County District Court in Brattleboro. The women are with the Shut It Down affinity group. This is their eleventh arrest against nuclear power at Vermont Yankee since they began appearing there in December 2005. All previous arrests have been dropped by the state attorney’s office.
The nine women, ranging in age from 40 to 91, include four Vermonters, Julia Bonafine, Martha Hennessy, Robin Lloyd and Nina Swaim, and five from Massachusetts, including Frances Crowe, Marcia Gagliardi, Ellen Graves, Hattie Nestel, and Paki Wieland.

Their mock solar panels read "No More Leaks and No More
Lies—Shut It Down Now," the group urged the immediate
shutdown of the nuclear plant. Stating that, “tomorrow would be fine but today would be better”.
Entergy Corporation’s Vermont Yankee continues to be a controversial topic in the northeast as they defend tritium leeks and underplay collapsing cooling towers. Their contract expires in 2012. Both the Vermont legislature and newly elected Governor Peter Shumlin have expressed opposition to Entergy’s application to renew the plant’s license for another 20 years. Entergy continues to seek the renewal despite public concern and evidence that the nuclear power plant is not safe.

Burlington Ramble 2010


The day that Burlington captured a little bit of Bohemia