{"id":49884,"date":"2026-08-24T12:39:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49884"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:39:51","slug":"robert-fighting-bob-la-follette-narrated-by-ben-wikler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/robert-fighting-bob-la-follette-narrated-by-ben-wikler\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert \u201cFighting Bob\u201d La Follette, Narrated by Ben Wikler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robert \u201cFighting Bob\u201d La Follette, Narrated by Ben Wikler\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MdfIt1d9jRQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@heathercoxrichardson\">Heather Cox Richardson<\/a> Aug 17, 2026 an American political organizer and New York Times best-selling author who served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from July 2019 to July 2025. Ben\u2019s latest book This Is The Plan: How to End America&#8217;s Meltdown and Save Democracy is now available. Wikler profiles Robert &#8220;Fighting Bob&#8221; La Follette, the Wisconsin reformer who battled corporate power and drove some of the Progressive Movement&#8217;s greatest victories. 250 to 250 From the time of our country\u2019s founding 250 years ago, the story of America has been one of the constant efforts of Americans\u2014from all races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities\u2014to make real the belief that we are all created equal and have a right to have a say in our democracy. We will be telling their stories over the next several weeks because now, as ever, \u201cWe Are America.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Cox Richardson Aug 17, 2026 an American political organizer and New York Times best-selling author who served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from July 2019 to July 2025. Ben\u2019s latest book This Is The Plan: How to End America&#8217;s Meltdown and Save Democracy is now&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/robert-fighting-bob-la-follette-narrated-by-ben-wikler\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2057],"tags":[2427],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49884"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49885,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49884\/revisions\/49885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}