Come visit at Fighting Bob Fest La Crosse

As pointed out before, there will be Fighting Bob Fest events in Milwaukee and La Crosse on Saturday.  Uppity Wisconsin, Wis.Community, and perhaps the Citizen Action Western Wisconsin Organizing Co-op will be there, probably all at one table.  Come say hello! Details in the calendar.

There was some consternation in progressive circles this year since it appeared that there would only be a kickoff event for Fighting Bob Fest, but no actual fest. 

However, the folks at Our Wisconsin Revolution have teamed up with The Progressive to take Fighting Bob Fest on the road. There will be fests in Milwaukee and in La Crosse this year. Furious planning is still underway, but the events are soon, on Sept. 16 in both cities. 

Speakers this year will include:

Nina Turner,  National president of Our Revolution

Jim Hightower, favorite regular Fighting Bob Fest speaker of The Hightower Lowdown

Terrance Warthen and Sarah Lloyd, Co-Chairs - Our Wisconsin Revolution

David Bowen, WI Assembly District 10 (MKE)

Matt Rothschild, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (LAX)

Admission is free, though donations are welcome.  Food will be available at both venues. 

If you are interested in volunteering or your organization is interested in tabling at the event. Contact [email protected] for details.

We have put both days into the calend on our sister site, Wis.Community, and more details are available at the links below. Personally I am heading over to the La Crosse event and hope to bring some folks from the Citizen Action Western Wisconsin Organizing Co-op.

As you are probably aware, Fighting Bob Fest was on the road this year, with events in Madison, Milwaukee, and La Crosse. I attended the La Crosse event, partly representing Uppity Wisconsin, Wis.Community, and the Citizen Action Western Wisconsin Organizing Co-op. 

As always, the speeches were great, and with a little more local flavor in a lot of cases this time around. Jim Hightower was, unfortunately, not able to make it due to a family crisis. 

There will be more pictures and news over the next few days as I look through the pictures. In the meantime I will leave you with a brief video of Nina Turner, head of Our Revolution, who gave a rousing and personal speech at Fighting Bob Fest.