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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnion members, Occupiers protest in Super Bowl Village
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/usatoday/article/52847596?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|sAbout 75 marchers weaved through packed crowds at the pre-game street fair in downtown Indianapolis in the first of what could be several such protests before the big game Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium. The protesters chanted "Occupy the Super Bowl" and carried signs that read "Fight the Lie" and "Workers United Will Prevail."
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Most onlookers stared in silence as the protesters walked past them, but some like Jason Leibowitz of Jamestown were upset about their outing being interrupted. "There's a place and a time for this," Leibowitz said. "This isn't it."
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State Senator Jean Breaux, D-Indianapolis, called the bill evidence that Republican legislators are not in touch with the needs of working-class voters. "If you voted Republican in the past, stop," Breaux said.
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"Upsetting the Super Bowl I couldn't care less," protester Lou Feldman of Lafayette said. "This is about my life and my family. Maybe it will make some people notice."
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Union members, Occupiers protest in Super Bowl Village (Original Post)
Scuba
Jan 2012
OP
anti-labor republicans are almost sure to get the right to work for less passed.
endless october
Jan 2012
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Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)1. Mr. Liebowitz has his priorities well in order!
Ignorant fucker.
There is a time and place to watch this country go to hell! Don't cha know?
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)2. k&r
mmonk
(52,589 posts)4. Most excellent.
Wake up the couch potatoes.
JSnuffy
(374 posts)5. Depends on what your goal is...
If the goal is to change minds then I think they failed miserably and probably turned some people against them.
If they think they already have enough support and the goal is to preach to the choir and make themselves feel good then they did great.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)6. Or, the goal may not be to change minds....
.... but touch minds that aren't even aware there is a problem. It's called "awareness".
endless october
(1,635 posts)7. anti-labor republicans are almost sure to get the right to work for less passed.
sad and embarrassing for Indiana at a time when it should be enjoying national attention for positive reasons.