A Guided Tour of the Protest Encampment Inside the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison

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Public employees, labor activists and students have been filling the hallways of the Wisconsin State Capitol for the past 11 days. Hundreds of people have slept inside the capitol building each night. So many people are staying here that protesters have begun building impromptu dining areas, a lending library and a medic center. Democracy Now! producers Mike Burke and John Hamilton receive a tour of the building from Harriet Blair Rowan, an activist and student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has stayed at the capitol building for nine straight days and nights.

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[Charleston Chew]

1. Wisconsin readies to clear Capitol of protesters

At issue is Gov. Scott Walker's bill to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights

MADISON, Wis. — Taylor Tengwall spent the last seven nights sleeping inside Wisconsin's Capitol building alongside thousands of fellow pro-union protesters, and he was hoping state officials would relent on their decision to clear the building for the night starting Sunday.

"I have faith I will not have to leave," said Tengwall, an earnest 21-year-old from Duluth, Minn., who was sporting a few days' growth of stubble, a wrinkled T-shirt, sweat pants and socks.

With Republican Gov. Scott Walker's bill to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights stuck in a legislative stalemate, some of the protesters who made the Capitol their home over the past two weeks hinted that they might not go easily when police begin clearing the building at 4 p.m.

"We will not leave," read a hand-printed sign taped up next to one sleeping bag. The Wisconsin AFL-CIO sent out a press release Sunday predicting hundreds of protesters would risk peaceful arrest.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41811389/ns/us_news-life

[Charleston Chew]

2. Walker shows no sign of conceding in Wisconsin battle

Warns of layoffs of government workers if accord isn't reached to curb collective bargaining

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday that government workers’ collective bargaining rights have caused unsustainable costs and stuck to his demand that bargaining rights be curtailed for most public workers.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41808726/ns/meet_the_press-meet_the_press/

[billionbucks]

3. Great video!

Hopefully the movement continues to spread throughout all 50 states + DC