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Q&A: Lingran Kong works to light a passion for workers rights at UW-Madison

Lingran Kong was a freshman at UW-Madison during the 2011 occupation of the state Capitol over Act 10, Gov. Scott Walker?s measure eliminating public workers? collective bargaining rights. She soon found herself locked down for three days and three nights there, at the heart of a political uprising that helped usher in a resurgence of labor activism across the country.