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Progressives are individuals who are ostensibly working within the
republic and its capitalist system, while their real goal is to
subvert it, weakening its foundation, the Constitution of the
United States of America, and amending it to reflect
the Marxist-Socialist philosophy described as Progressivism.
Progressives contend that Progressivism is rooted in three core
principles: "Fighting for economic justice and security
for all; Protecting and preserving civil rights and civil
liberties; and Promoting global peace and security."
That's what they say -- it sounds great -- but it's not what
they intend.
Everything you need to know about Progressives and Progressivism
can be learned from visiting the Progressive Democrats of
America's
Advisory Board page which features the bios of 25 of the
leftiest leftists in America.
In the United States House of Representatives, these people all
belong to the Congressional Progressive Caucus, established in
the early 1990's. The members of the Progressive
Caucus also belong to the
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), a confederation of socialists formed in 1983 when
a splinter group of the Socialist Party (Michael Harrington's
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, DSOC) merged with the
Students for a Democratic Society's (SDS) splinter group, the New American Movement (NAM).
The main aim of DSA was to convert the Democratic Party into
a social democratic organization. to that end, during the
early 1990's, the DSA hosted the Progressive Caucus' website,
which contained the names of its members. When the word
got out, all the information regarding the Progressive Caucus
vanished. These congress critters don't want you to know
their true colors (red).
The DSA has many celebrity members, including feminist Gloria
Steinem, actor Ed Asner, black activist Cornel West, and
libertarian socialist Noam Chomsky. It is also the chief
American member group of the Socialist International, which
includes the British Labour Party and the French Parti
Socialiste.
Officers
Barbara Lee (California), Co-Chair
Lynn Woolsey (California), Co-Chair
Directors
Bill Goold, Executive Director
Current members
Neil Abercrombie (Hawaii)
Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin)
Xavier Becerra (California)
Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)
Bob Brady (Pennsylvania)
Corrine Brown (Florida)
Mike Capuano (Massachusetts)
Julia Carson (Indiana)
Donna Christian-Christensen (Virgin Islands)
Yvette Clarke (New
York)
William Lacy Clay, Jr. (Missouri)
Emanuel Cleaver (Missouri)
Steve Cohen (Tennessee)
John Conyers (Michigan) - chairman,
House Judiciary Committee
Elijah Cummings (Maryland)
Danny Davis (Illinois)
Peter DeFazio (Oregon)
Rosa DeLauro (Connecticut)
Keith Ellison (Minnesota)
Eni Faleomavaega (American Samoa)
Sam Farr (California)
Chaka Fattah (Pennsylvania)
Bob Filner (California) - chairman,
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Barney Frank (Massachusetts) - chairman,
House Financial Services Committee
Raul Grijalva (Arizona)
Luis Gutierrez (Illinois)
John Hall (New York)
Phil Hare (Illinois)
Maurice Hinchey (New York)
Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (Illinois)
Sheila Jackson-Lee (Texas)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
Hank Johnson (Georgia)
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Ohio) - chairwoman,
House Ethics Committee
Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Michigan)
Dennis Kucinich (Ohio) - candidate for
President of the United States
Tom Lantos (California) - chairman,
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Barbara Lee (California) - Co-Chair
John Lewis (Georgia)
Dave Loebsack (Iowa)
Carolyn Maloney (New York)
Ed Markey (Massachusetts)
Jim McDermott (Washington)
Jim McGovern (Massachusetts)
George Miller (California) - chairman,
House Education and Labor Committee
Gwen Moore (Wisconsin)
Jerry Nadler (New York)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)
John Olver (Massachusetts)
Ed Pastor (Arizona)
Donald M. Payne (New Jersey)
Charles Rangel (New York) - chairman,
House Ways and Means Committee
Bobby Rush (Illinois)
Jan Schakowsky (Illinois)
Jose Serrano (New York)
Louise Slaughter (New York)
Hilda Solis (California)
Pete Stark (California)
Bennie Thompson (Mississippi) - chairman,
House Homeland Security Committee
John Tierney (Massachusetts)
Tom Udall (New Mexico)
Nydia Velazquez (New York) - chairwoman,
House Small Business Committee
Maxine Waters (California)
Diane Watson (California)
Mel Watt (North Carolina)
Henry Waxman (California) - chairman,
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Peter Welch (Vermont)
Lynn Woolsey (California) - Co-Chair
Senate member
Bernie Sanders (Vermont)
Former members
Sherrod Brown (Ohio) - elected to Senate
Lane Evans (Illinois) - retired from Congress
Cynthia McKinney (Georgia) - lost Congressional seat
Major Owens (New York) - retired from Congress
Nancy Pelosi (California) - left caucus when elected House Minority Leader
Supporting organizations
Institute for Policy Studies
The Nation Magazine
Moveon.org
National Priorities Project
Jobs with Justice Campaign
Peace Action
Americans for Democratic Action
Progressive Democrats of America
Co-sponsoring the kickoff event
NAACP
ACLU
Progressive Majority
League of United Latin American Citizens
Rainbow/Push Coalition
National Council of La Raza
Hip Hop Caucus
Human Rights Campaign
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
National Hip Hop Political Convention
 
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