John Sears | April 5, 2011
The Zombie Walk Against Governor Walker (which the ZRC of course attended) has been getting lots of press, and surprisingly, a few stereotypical ‘Zombie’ jokes aside, it’s mostly positive! From AMERICAblog: It seems more zombies turned out in Madison, Wisconsin this weekend than Teabaggers turned out in DC last week. Yeah, that’s right — zombies [...]
John Sears | March 21, 2011
Now this is an interesting event and a good chance for some outreach: The Chicago Zombie Pub Crawl will return for its fourth consecutive year on Saturday, April 30, 2011, and will once again take place in the neighborhood of Andersonville. The event is an annual fundraiser for pH Productions, the not-for-profit Chicago comedy theater [...]
John Sears | March 13, 2011
I haven’t uploaded absolutely everything yet, but I have a decent slate of videos the ZRC took at the rally yesterday to share with our dedicated blogging audience. (Opening ceremonies, singalong of an old union song.) (A fantastic speech about the natural alliance of farmers, who are after all rural labor, and traditional urban labor [...]
John Sears | March 13, 2011
At the rally Saturday I saw a man holding a sign that, unfortunately, perpetuates some negative stereotypes about the Differently Animated. Now, of course, some Zombies like brains. Some Zombies require brains as part of their balanced diet, in the same way that Living people need Vitamin C or diabetics need insulin. It’s nothing to [...]
John Sears | March 13, 2011
Yesterday I went down to the protests at the Capitol, and they were easily the biggest yet. It took me an hour to get parked and I was using the city garage furthest from the square. If I had to estimate, given that previous large protests were rated at 80k+ people, this one probably involved [...]
John Sears | February 24, 2011
Lots to see here at the Flickr set for today, but I have to get going downtown to spend the night at the Capitol, so I’ll just put up a few choice shots. First, however, the news: The big news today for the protesters was the released audio of Scott Walker talking to a man [...]
John Sears | February 23, 2011
Well, we had a very fulfilling day protesting down at the Capitol yesterday, then it all turned to custard when the site’s database had some sort of fit last night, just as we were getting spammed by fans of Aussie car modification shows. Great, *another* attack from the cyber-mob. We’re a bit busy here guys, [...]
John Sears | February 22, 2011
Hey, ZRC fans. I’m reporting to you live from the second floor of the Capitol building; the crowds here are considerably larger than yesterday, and the unions are out in force. Meanwhile, as we speak, the Assembly session is being broadcast live over the PA system; Rep. Tamara Grigsby is actually leading the crowd in [...]
John Sears | February 21, 2011
The rally continues and democracy continues on another day here in Madison. Far more drizzly, frigid and generally unpleasant weather has moved most activities indoors but thousands still turned out for today’s festivities. (Inside the Rotunda this afternoon) (Great sign from today) (The great folks from Ian’s on State are very busy dishing out those [...]
John Sears | February 21, 2011
Getting a late start protesting today. Entirely my fault; dishes had stacked up, laundry needed doing and I have a sick norfolk pine that I was tending in the green room downstairs. Plus I had to take the time, and inhale the fumes, to craft this: That’s right, it’s my first sandwichboard protest sign for [...]