2,000 PROTESTERS HIT FUNDRAISER FEATURING WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER

Angry protesters force fund-raiser guests through gauntlet to get in to see Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in Troy April 17

  “WALKER GO HOME! TAKE SNYDER WITH YOU!”   

By Diane Bukowski  

April 18, 2012 

TROY, MI—More than two thousand protesters chanting, “We are the 99%!” forced 500 guests at a Republican fundraiser featuring Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to run a two-hour gauntlet of angry taunts and shouts on their way in to the San Marino Club in Troy. 

Protesters condemned Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder for cutting hundreds of thousands off public assistance

 Walker ignited a state-wide uprising in Wisconsin two years ago when he tried to outlaw collective bargaining. Hundreds of thousands occupied the state capitol in Madison for months, teachers and students walked out of school, and workers left their jobs in what they said was a repeat of the Egyptian revolt. 

The Grim Reaper attended the protest as well (at left)

  “Arrest the 1%!” protesters on April 17 called to the Troy police who directed cars into the compound. “What’s disgusting—union-busting!” and “Workers’ rights are under attack—what do we do? Stand up, fight back!” were other frequent chants. 

Protesters lined the perimeter of the Club, chanting loudly throughout the two hours.

 The protesters came by car and busload from across the state, wearing union jackets and signs from the UAW, Service Employees International Union, the Michigan Association of Letter Carriers. the Michigan Education Association, the United Steelworkers, the American Federation of Government Employees, and many others. 

Police and fund-raiser organizers stopped pastors from subpoenaing Walker et al.

 Religious and community leaders joined in. The Rev. Charles Williams II and other pastors tried to enter the fund-raiser at one point to deliver the following subpoena to Walker and minions, but were turned back. Protesters in attendance, however, vowed that the union and community spring in the U.S. would continue until the one percent is vanquished.