M2004-110
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Part 1 (M2004-110): Original Collection, 2003 6 videorecordings : VHS videotapes of speakers at the 2003 Fighting Bob Fest, a Progressive Chautauqua conducted in the memory and spirit of Wisconsin's preeminent Progressive, Robert M. La Follette. Hosted by one-time Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Ed Garvey, the speakers included Lois Marie Gibbs, Russ Feingold, Bert Grover, Bernard Sanders, John Nichols, and Jim Hightower. The speakers critiqued the record of the Bush Administration on the environment, labor issues, political tactics, foreign policy and trade, and deregulation and provided a general indictment of the 21st Century corporate financial climate. Discussed are the economic and social justice movements, including the Tyson strike of 2003-2004 in Jefferson, Wisconsin.
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Lois Gibbs, Love Canal survivor and environmental activist; Dane County supervisor Kathleen Falk; U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D, Wisconsin 46 minutes
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Russ Feingold, continued, Ellen Bravo, National Director for the National Association of Working Women 31 minutes
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Bert Grover, former Wisconsin State Superintendent of Schools; Gwendolyn Moore, Wisconsin State Senator of Milwaukee's 4th District, U.S. Representative Tammy Baldwin, D - Wisconsin; U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders, I - Vermont 59 minutes
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Bernie Sanders (continued); U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich, D, Ohio; Festival organizers Sue and Tom Holmes; Green party of Milwaukee County activist Robert Miranda 60 minutes
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John Nichols, Capital Times and Nation Magazine columnist; impromptu speech by a Tyson Foods worker; Greg Palast, investigative journalist of the 2000 presidential election in Florida; Barbara Lawton, Wisconsin Lt. Governor 47 minutes
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Jim Hightower, national syndicated radio commentator and author; Stan Gruszynski, former state legislator and member of Wisconsin's delegation to the Democratic National Committee 40 minutes
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M2012-072
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Part 2 (M2012-072): Additions, 2005-2008 0.1 c.f. (1 oversize folder) : Additions, 2005-2008, posters, a program and mailing for the 4th through 7th annual Fighting Bob Fest at Sauk County Fairgrounds in Baraboo, Wisconsin, listing speakers, musical acts and workshops.
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