social media to coordinate the Valentine's Day protests, during which more than 1,000 people, including hundreds of UW-Madison students, utilized Twitter and Facebook for real-time mobilization and outreach. In another example, during the first night of the teacher strikes in February, 2011, social media was used to connect the protestors to a global community. A local pro-labor pizza restaurant, Ian's Pizza, used Facebook and Twitter to raise awareness and donations for the teachers striking in Wisconsin. Highlighting the speed by which information travels through social media, Ian Pizza's use of Facebook, Twitter, and reaching out to local news stations resulted in Ian's Pizza receiving donations from people from 14 different countries - including Korea, Finland, New Zealand, Egypt, Denmark, Australia, Canada, Germany, China, England, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Italy - and all 50 states in the United States. These donations sent thousands of free pizzas and slices to the protestors throughout the duration of the protests. In further examples of how Facebook organizing was frequently utilized by the Wisconsin protestors, numerous Facebook event pages like "Recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker", "540,000 To See Scott Walker out of WI, January 2012", and "Recall Scott Walker", were established and shared on Facebook to organize pro-labor supporters and generate popular support. Similarly, satirical Twitter accounts were created like "Not Scott Walker", frequently writing humorous tweets during the protests to attract viral attention to the Wisconsin issue. Wisconsin union ironworkers also used Facebook to coordinate protests. In a quote from one of the union ironworkers, "[Facebook organizing] grew to a network, so that whenever Governor Walker traveled someplace, we would find people wherever he was going that would meet him and protest." In all of these examples, Facebook and other social media platforms were key to the popular success of the protests. In a specific example, an attorney named Bill Mahler also decided to close his law firm early on March 11 in a show of support for the unions. Mahler used both his blog and Twitter account to put pressure on Governor Walker, and encourage other law firms to do the same. Showing the geographic range of supporters that the Wisconsin labor issue attracted, Mahler and his legal firm were not located in Wisconsin, but in Seattle, Washington. This fact accentuates how social media enabled the wide, rapid movement of information and ideas beyond where an issue is centralized. The widespread effectiveness of social