Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr. served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1906 to 1925. He founded The Progressive Magazine, called La Follette's Weekly, in 1909.
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Robert M. La Follette
Defending Labor Day
..."the inherent right of people to security to life, liberty, and the enjoyment by the people of the gains of their own industry." Read more
Mussolini and the Italian People
Italy under Mussolini is no doubt a serious menace to world peace. Read more
Free Speech and the Right of Congress to Declare the Objects of the War
Filibuster speech given by Senator Robert La Follette on October 6, 1917 to fight the passage of legislation to arm merchant ships against a renewed campaign of German submarine attacks. Read more
The Right of the Citizen to Oppose War and the Right of Congress to Shape the War Policy
In these days whenever an American citizen presumes to question the justification, either in law or morals, of our participation in the European war, he is at once denounced by the war party and the war press as disloyal to the country. Read more
Earth Day 2018
This is what April 22 is all about. Treasures from our archives including Denis Hayes, Barry Commoner, Ralph Nader, and Gaylord Nelson. Read more
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!
We don’t mince words or suppress facts when public utterance demands plain talk! Read more
