Wisconsin's Progressive History

A History of Progress

In the early 20th century, Wisconsin's Progressive Party and Wisconsin's Socialist Party pushed for New Deal-style aid programs & sweeping improvements to public well-being decades before Democrats adopted them. 

We can make Democrats in similar ways today!

Learn about Gov. Bob LaFollette & the Progressive Party in this essay on his legacy in the magazine he founded, The Progressive: "On ‘Fighting Bob’ La Follette’s Birthday, We Need His Voice More Than Ever."

Learn about Milwaukee's Socialist Mayors in this PBS documentary: America's Socialist Experiment