Part 1 (M2004-110): Original Collection, 2003
Physical Description: 6 videorecordings 
Scope and Content Note: 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.

Lois Gibbs, Love Canal survivor and environmental activist; Dane County supervisor Kathleen Falk; U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D, Wisconsin
Physical Description: 46 minutes 

Russ Feingold, continued, Ellen Bravo, National Director for the National Association of Working Women
Physical Description: 31 minutes 

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
Physical Description: 59 minutes 

Bernie Sanders (continued); U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich, D, Ohio; Festival organizers Sue and Tom Holmes; Green party of Milwaukee County activist Robert Miranda
Physical Description: 60 minutes 

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
Physical Description: 47 minutes 

Jim Hightower, national syndicated radio commentator and author; Stan Gruszynski, former state legislator and member of Wisconsin's delegation to the Democratic National Committee
Physical Description: 40 minutes