"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all." –Mario Savio1
Solidarity to all those protesting Dictator Walker. We can't take 4 more years of his unilateral actions against the people of his state.
In 1911, Wisconsin became the very first state to enact workers compensation protections. In 1932 Wisconsin was the first state to enact unemployment compensation. And in 1959, Wisconsin was one of the first to enact a collective bargaining law for public employees.2
“Seven killed were on May 5, 1886 by state militia who fired into a crowd of 1,500 workers marching peacefully on behalf of the eight-hour day toward the Bay View Rolling Mills on Milwaukee’s lakefront.”3
Scott Walker has threatened the peaceful protests against his policies with the Wisconsin National Guard. This would be the first time the National Guard would be ordered against the citizens of this nation since 1968.
Scott Walker is a dictator. He enacts sweeping legislation from the executive branch, in violation of his constitutional mandate. When the people cry out against him, he threatens them with military reprisal.
This must end. We cannot lie down and let Scott Walker destroy everything the people of this state have worked for for the last hundred years.
I call upon the people of this state to sign a Recall Petition to oust Governor Scott Walker. Within 60 days of registering such a petition, we would need to gather at least 533,287 signatures.4 I think there’s about 175,000 state and public workers who would be with me.
Unfortunately, we must wait until one year after he took office. In January 2012 I trust that such a petition will be circulated.
In the mean time, do what you can to “put your bodies upon the gears and upon the levers.”
And you must write letters, as many as you can, to your state representatives and to the governor’s office stating your views. Email is okay, but I would much rather flood the mail with letters of outrage against this dictator. On Twitter I am using the tag #OustGovWalker, and I encourage everyone to use it as well.
Solidarity Forever.
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Savio Retrieved 2011-02-16.
2 http://www.wisconsinlaborhistory.org/?page_id=34 Retrieved 2011-02-16.
3 ibid.
4 http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=11827&locid=47 Retrieved 2011-02-16.
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