Wednesday, January 25th, 5:00p, – 7:00pm
BURY THE MINING BILL PROTEST RALLY: at Lady Forward, to of State Street / Capitol Square, Madison, WI — Protest AB-426 aka “The Mining Bill,” and Wetlands Deregulation Bill AB-463. These Bills will deregulate environmental protections and give immunity to mining operations. The bills are also in direct violation of the treaty rights of the tribes whose resources they affect. The bills are themselves illegal.
Rally_Jan 25_Bury the Bill
Hop on the bus and join us in solidarity at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin to speak out against the enactment of Wisconsin Assembly Bill 426 (AB 426)! See below poster for details. AB 426 is just one more example of Governor Scott Walker’s poisonous agenda. He is holding the people, the air, the water, and the lands of Wisconsin hostage, telling us “Drink this poison and then you can have a job.” We say, “Enough! No more!”
AB 426 is a terrible iron mining bill that is being fast-tracked in the State of Wisconsin by Governor Scott Walker and Assembly Republicans. AB 426 was negotiated in violation of Native American Treaty Rights. It includes provisions to undermine Wisconsin’s Mining Moratorium Law. It silences the voice of the public by eliminating a citizen’s right to sue for illegal environmental damage caused by a mine and denies citizens the right to a contested case hearing on any decision made by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources under the iron mining laws. AB 426 is made to order for the mining industry.
Join us in Madison! Come in large numbers, come with your stories and take your turn at the podium to help us build a regional movement to weed out corporate aggression that stands to rob us and future generations of our right to clean water. We are all in this together, and together we will overcome!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 7:00pm
NOTICE OF EVENT: State of the State Address by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in the Assembly Chambers. Admission to Assembly Gallery by invitation only, but the Capitol rotunda will be open.
Thursday January 26, 2012, 10am until 6pm
NOTICE OF EVENT: The Peoples Tribunal of AB-426, (testimonials, complaints, alternative job growth suggestions), North Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, & Assembly Floor Vote AB-426 (Watch). The Peoples Tribunal will be an open Citizens Mining Hearing taking citizen petitions and testimony on AB-426 and providing legislative organizing skills, training and actions suggestions to citizens and providing an opportunity for those to speak on the Mining Bill as now proposed. If you, or an organization would like to provide support, endorse the event or testify at the peoples hearing please contact Carl at carl@wnpi.org