Investigate, Question Sources of Information

We thought that you could verify facts with two sources of information that said the same thing. Hearing something on the Walter Cronkite CBS Evening News and then reading it in the local newspaper was proof this was the truth. Today it is far more difficult to distinguish the truth from lies. No matter how savvy we think we are, we can be tricked. Billionaires on the right have invested more heavily in media than their counterparts on the left. Fox News, I-Heart Radio and TV stations and newspapers owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group speak in one voice as they slant ...

RETURN OF THE ROBBER BARONS

“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” - Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis Born in 1856, Brandeis lived through the “Gilded Age” and the “Roaring 20’s.” He saw the unethical practices, the exploitation of working people, and the corruption of politicians brought on by the fabulously wealthy, the “Robber Barons” of that age. Brandeis saw how democracy was destroyed by gross inequality, he saw how the rich were able to buy and sell “elected” officia...

November Marsh Marigolds

If not the very first to flower in the Central Wisconsin spring, the radiant yellow Marsh Marigold is by far the most exciting of the spring ephemerals. These perky bouquets love shallow seeps of water, poking their golden heads above a green nest of round edged leaves, and where conditions are favorable, they carpet the wet, leafless spring woods for several glorious weeks in April. My first picture this year is dated April 14th, about the time our Forsythia blooms. This early splash of color in the drab days not long after winter's end is joy incarnate. It ...

Support for Our Homeless

In a recent letter to a local paper, a writer objected to a recent proposal that will give our police department $400,000 in American Rescue Plan funding. This funding proposal, unanimously approved by the Wausau City Council, earmarks money, available until December 31, 2026, to expand services to our area’s homeless population. The police department currently employs just one full time experienced individual to do outreach to this population. There is no mandate as the writer suggests that ensuing ‘costs are sacred and will continue forever’ as a burden on city ...

PEOPLE’S MARCH January 18, 2025

WAUSAU HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH The recent election can have far reaching consequences for our vulnerable communities. For Immediate Release: Saturday, January 18, 11 AM, meeting at the Marathon Dems Office, 218 Sherman Street Wausau Contact: Chair, Nancy Stencil, nstencil7983@gmail.com 715.581.7983 Come join Central Wisconsin's PEACEFUL PEOPLE’S MARCH. A place for us to all come together and let the world know WE WON'T BE SILENT! “A place to fight for women's rights, BIPOC rights, reproductive rights, LQBTQIA+ rights, disability rights, ...

Now What? Tactics for Resistance

Since the election of our first fascist dictator I have been getting many emails about organizing for the "resistance." Most are exhorting us to not give up hope (and to send money to their organization). I won't criticize those with the energy to attempt continuing the struggle. But I doubt any amount of resisting, protesting, marching, sending online petitions, getting arrested or suing the bastards is going to accomplish anything. Given that the fascists now control both houses of Congress and the Supreme Court traditional forms of protest and political action will be ...

ELECTION REFLECTION

If you have an appetite for another presidential campaign post-mortem, read on. GOP claims of a mandate notwithstanding, Vice President Harris would now be president-elect had she gained just under 230,000 more votes in the three “Blue Wall” states. While her top campaign aides insist that she ran a “pretty flawless campaign” and attribute her loss largely to the way people felt about the economy and the country’s direction, she might have won had she not ceded to Donald Trump two issues that voters consistently rated as top-priority: the economy and ...

Kohler’s Golfing on Graves Project

Respect for the dead is a universal value — or so we thought. Across Wisconsin, small family cemeteries are protected with care. Yet for Native burial grounds, the Kohler Company and Sheboygan city leaders are ready to bulldoze that principle – literally. Kohler plans to build a luxury golf course in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on land eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and home to Native burial mounds. A federally mandated 2018 study discovered human remains in seven locations on the course plan. Since the courts revoked their wetland ...

Rights of Nature Reads

Here is a great list of books from the librarian at the Indian Community School in Franklin about the place of Nature in Native American Culture. The Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichThis novel, based on the life of Erdrich's grandfather, a Native rights activist, explores the effects of government policy on Indigenous communities. It delves into themes of resilience, family, and connection to land. All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life by Winona LaDukeWinona LaDuke, a prominent Indigenous environmental activist, offers insights into ...

A Manifesto Against For-Profit Health Insurance Companies

https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/a-manifesto-against-for-profit-health A Manifesto Against For-Profit Health Insurance Companies — by Michael Moore I hereby give you my Oscar-nominated Documentary on the Killer Health Insurance companies like United Health Care —SICKO — for FREE… and let’s end and replace this so-called “health care system” NOW Michael Moore Dec 13, 2024 It’s been three days since Luigi Mangione’s manifesto was ...

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