NEWSMAX: Nearly 70,000 protesters gathered in Madison, Wis., on Saturday in a peaceful face-off between pro-labor demonstrators and supporters of Republican efforts to scrap the union rights of state workers. Half a world away, Middle East nations were rocked by continued violence, bloodshed and death as citizens thirsting for reform were brutally attacked by government forces.
The stark contrast was not lost on protesters in Wisconsin, who chanted: “This is what democracy looks like!”
“We’ve seen and shown the world that in Madison, Wis., we can bring people together who disagree strongly on a bill in a peaceful way,” Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain said… (more)
EDITOR: It’s not really “revolution”, but it is protest and we can be proud of it and the crowd’s restraint.
