Milwaukee Buzz - April 28, 2008
Annual Bay View commemoration returns
Each year, a group gathers at Russell and Superior in Bay View to commemmorate the loss of seven lives at the hands of the Wisconsin State Militia on May 5, 1886.
Tags: Bay View, strikers, protest, Rolling Mill, Club Garibaldi, Ken Germanson, 8-hour day, Rusk

Politics - Aug. 25, 2006
Activist unfazed by small penalty for protest
An area man who has actively opposed the Iraq conflict and was found guilty recently of a violation of a lawful order in his protest outside the Pentagon discovered it doesn't cost too many bucks to buck the system.
Tags: Runkel, anti-war, peace, protest, Iraq, war

Politics - April 28, 2006
May Day march preceded by rumors
In the wake of recent arrests of illegal immigrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents throughout the nation, it didn't take much to spread concern that the same was about to happen in southeastern Wisconsin.
Tags: Latino, Hispanic, protest, immgrant, immigration, Neumann-Ortiz, customs, INS

Milwaukee Buzz - April 18, 2006
Sharpton vows to visit Milwaukee
Rev. Al Sharpton has told Ald. Michael McGee, Jr. that he will visit Milwaukee to urge federal charges and an independent investigation in the Frank Jude, Jr. case.
Tags: Sharpton, Jude, protest

Movies - Feb. 20, 2004
Bertolucci's beautiful "Dreamers" fall short
If Bertolucci doesn't succeed in making a powerful statement, at least he's crafted a two-hour film of exceptional tenderness and beauty. You'll have to decide if that's enough for you.
Tags: Bertolucci, DiCaprio, Paris, Europe, France, 60s, protest

Milwaukee Buzz - July 28, 2008
Protesting Protest
This weekend the Brady Street Festival brought out a huge crowd and in gorgeous weather, it was great to walk among them. Our main event was the drag show on Saturday night. Friends of friends were top performers and I was dismayed to learn that what we thought was "early enough&qu...
Tags: Brady Street Festival, Drag Show, protest, freedom of speech, language

Politics - June 5, 2008
Protesting UWM this morning?
People to the north and east of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: you knew what you were getting into when you moved next to a university!  This isn't some sort of new thing.  Somebody moves next to an airport and complains about the noise of those darned planes.  Same with ra...
Tags: UWM, Protest