MADSA Abolitionist Working Group Opposes Additional Spending on Jail

Calls on Community to Demand Dane County Invest in Care Not Cages On Thursday, January 18, 2024 the Dane County Board of Supervisors will be voting on RES-286, which would increase the budget for the Jail Consolidation Project by $27.6 Million, bringing the total budget of the project to $197 Million. If this jail is built, it will be the most expensive public works project ever in Dane County by a long shot. But this community has the opportunity to say: no more. District 2 Supervisor Heidi Wegleitner says, “It’s disappointing that some are so eager to pour more money … Continue reading MADSA Abolitionist Working Group Opposes Additional Spending on Jail

Two Madison Companies Complicit in Constructing Georgia’s “Cop City”

By the People’s Green New Deal Working Group Sign our petition to tell TranSmart and Corporate Services Company to divest. TranSmart and Corporation Services Company (CSC), based in Madison, are a couple of the hundreds of subcontractors and institutions nationwide that are contributing to the construction of Atlanta’s Cop City project. We are asking TranSmart and CSC to drop their construction contracts and support of the unjust and immoral Atlanta Public Safety Training Center project. Atlanta’s Weelaunee Forest, one of the largest urban forests in the country, is the proposed site of the widely opposed Cop City, an international training … Continue reading Two Madison Companies Complicit in Constructing Georgia’s “Cop City”

A Call to Head to the Frontlines of the Line 3 Struggle

By Brian Ward The epicenter of the Indigenous and environmental struggle right now has been the fight against Line 3 in northern Minnesota. This pipeline has violated Anishnaabe treaty rights and threatens clean water bringing tar sands oil from Alberta, … Continue reading A Call to Head to the Frontlines of the Line 3 Struggle

Max Prestigiacomo’s tumultuous year on the Madison Common Council

Interview by K Locher The now-former District 8 Alder reflects on his time in office. This story was produced in partnership with Red Madison/Tone Madison Following a year of protests against police violence, the Spring 2021 elections were a mixed … Continue reading Max Prestigiacomo’s tumultuous year on the Madison Common Council