You may have heard about the small-scale riots that broke out in London a few days ago, following a 250K person peaceful protest against budget cuts. Crooked Timber contends (and I agree) that the numbers of people protesting (peacefully) in Wisconsin are actually more impressive:
I would take this opportunity to point out to my fellow Wisconsinites, what this means about the scale of the protests we have participated in—over 100k in a city of 200k and a state of 5m, versus 250k in a city of 7.5m and a country of 70m—I don’t say that to diminish the significance of the London march, but to remind those on this side of the Atlantic that our own movement has enormous potential, if only we have the nous to know what to do next…