Last Wednesday I wrote how We are Marquette, how all of us are responsible for the war and killing that Marquette trains men and woman to do in war. Today I went with a grandson, his cousin and my daughter-in-law to Madison to join the largest crowd, over 100,000, to gather to protest the Governor and Republican legislatures forcing changes in our state government that the majority of people do not want. As I was bordering the shuttle bus from the parking lot to the capitol a woman handed me a sign that said “We Are Wisconsin.” There were many signs at the protest at the Capitol, some funny and some serious, but this one held a special meaning. For as We are Marquette, we are Wisconsin. One of the chants of the crowd said it all: “This is what democracy looks like.”

I have been drinking a lot of coffee during the day recently to keep my mind focused. Today on the drive there and back and all the time we were in Madison my tiredness disappeared. I felt normal, not high on the energy and excitement of the crowd but not tired and need of caffeine.

This struggle to exert the needs and rights of the people of Wisconsin, the poor, the workers and the middle class over the greedy riches of the rich is a struggle that is going on across the country. America were always known as the country of equality and opportunity. Now that countries around the world are struggling to be like the USA in freedom and rights we are struggling to maintain our status. We must stand up and be counted for our rights because “We are Wisconsin”.

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