Inside Capitol, Wisconsin protesters create a city

[steve2470]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/23/us-wisconsin-protests-camping-idUSTRE71M0A220110223

Not all the people protesting against a bill in Wisconsin that would strip state workers of some of their collective bargaining rights go home when the day ends.

For more than a week now, several hundred protesters have spent the night sleeping inside the Capitol building, a vigil that has turned the rotunda into an indoor campground.

Like the people thousands of miles away in Egypt who set up the tent city in Cairo's Tahrir Square and vowed not to leave until their demands were met, the protesters participating in the state capitol sleep-in here have quickly set up a little organized society -- complete with its own simple rules.

A sign declares on the second floor of the Capitol, where protesters have asked the protesters to sleep, declares: "Our principles: 1. The Capitol is our house! Treat it as such and clean up! 2. Non-violence: stay away from debates! Don't hurt others! 3. No drugs or alcohol. 4. Keep noise down past 1 am. 5. Have fun."

[NYC_SKP]

1. ~~~"What if the world was this," one sign says, "every day?"~~~

WoW.

:patriot:

[roguevalley]

2. it can be. we have to think and dream it into being.

[Poboy]

3. recommend

[Lucinda]

4. knr

[Poboy]

5. .