Congress's Socialist Wing

As an ideological point of reference realize that the site (DTN) origin of this post is of a leftist pro-war Zionist Republican neocon bent itself. Don't be confused what's Left and what's Right: These people know better than you what's best for America ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Rep.  Raul Grijalva (co-chair) 1511 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Rep.  Keith Ellison (co-chair) 1027 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 URL: Website

Socialist wing of the Democratic Party Consists of 76 Members of Congress Has close ties to the Institute for Policy Studies and the Democratic Socialists of America Has ties to the Communist Party USA See also:  Bernie Sanders   Democratic Socialists of America                 Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) was founded in 1991 by Bernie Sanders, a self-identified socialist who had recently been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Sanders' CPC co-founders included House members Ron Dellums, Lane Evans, Thomas Andrews, Peter DeFazio, and Maxine Waters. The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) was also involved in CPC's founding and in Caucus activities thereafter; IPS continues to advise CPC on various matters to this day. Another key player in establishing CPC was the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which has maintained a close alliance with the Caucus ever since. In 1997, DSA's political director, Chris Riddiough, organized a meeting with CPC leaders to discuss how the two groups might be able to “unite our forces on a common agenda.” Among those who participated in the meeting were Bernie Sanders, labor leader Richard Trumka, professor Noam Chomsky, feminist Patricia Ireland, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Senator Paul Wellstone, journalist William Greider, and the socialist author Barbara Ehrenreich. Beginning in 1997, CPC worked closely with the newly launched “Progressive Challenge, a coalition of more than 100 leftist organizations that sought to unite their activities and objectives under a "multi-issue progressive agenda." To view a list of many of the major groups that co-sponsored the Progressive Challenge, click here. On November 11, 1999, CPC drafted a vital Position Paper on economic inequality, which called for “legislative initiatives” to combat the “income and wealth disparities” that “distor[t] our democracy, destabiliz[e] the economy, and erod[e] our social and cultural fabric.” Lamenting that “two and a half decades of government policies and rules governing the economy” had been “tilted in favor of large asset owners at the expense of wage earners,” the document derided the “pro-investor bias” of America's existing “tax policy, trade policy, monetary policy, [and] government regulations.” In 2005 CPC spelled out its political agendas in what would become its signature document, the “Progressive Promise.” Therein, the Caucus emphasizes its commitment to four major priorities: Economic Justice and Security; Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Global Peace and Security; and Environmental Protection & Energy Independence. Under the rubric of these items fall a number of additional key CPC objectives, such as these: "To uphold the right to universal access to affordable, high-quality healthcare for all." "To … create new jobs in the U.S. by building more affordable housing, re-building America’s schools and physical infrastructure, cleaning up our environment, and improving homeland security." "To ensure [that] working families can live above the poverty line and with dignity by raising and indexing the minimum wage." "To sunset expiring provisions of the Patriot Act and bring remaining provisions into line with the U.S. Constitution." "To fight corporate consolidation of the media and ensure opportunity for all voices to be heard"—essentially a plan for purging conservative voices from the airwaves by means of the "Fairness Doctrine" or adherence to the principles of “localism.” "To bring U. S. troops home from Iraq as soon as possible." "To encourage debt relief for poor countries" as outlined in the United Nations Millennium Project, a massive redistributive scheme calling for the governments of wealthy countries to commit 0.7% of their GNP to promoting “the economic development and welfare of developing countries.” "To free ourselves and our economy from dependence upon imported oil and shift to growing reliance upon renewable energy supplies and technologies." To “eliminate [the] environmental threat posed by global warming,” an objective that may be accomplished by increased emphasis on “solar, biomass, and wind power.” "To promote environmental justice," a term founded on the premise that hazardous-waste landfills and pollution-emitting industries tend to be situated disproportionately near minority neighborhoods. A 2002 report by Joelle Fishman, chair of the Communist Party USA's Political Action Committee, stated that the Progressive Caucus “provides an important lever that can be used to advance workers' issues and move the debate to the left in every Congressional District in the country.” In a 2010 CPUSA report, Party member David Bell identified Progressive Caucus members as his organization's “allies in Congress.” As of March 2015, CPC consisted of 68 members of the House of Representatives—all of them leftist Democrats—and one U.S. Senator (Bernie Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats). For a comprehensive list of all 69 CPC members, click here. For a list of noteworthy former members who left the Caucus prior to April 2011, click here. For additional information on CPC, click here.

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Charlie Rangel (D-NY 13) - KeyWiki Progressive/Marxist Profiles

Submitted by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton on March 22, 2014

By: Trevor Loudon

Take the Fight to the Progressives and the Enemies Within!

KeyWiki.org Page: http://keywiki.org/index.php/Charles_B._Rangel

Election Facts for 2014:

• Party – Democrat
• State – New York
• Location – New York 13
• First Elected – 1970
• Candidates in 2014:
Charles B. Rangel – D

Charles B. Rangel is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 13th District of New York. Rangel was one of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus and served at one time as its Chairman. He is also a long-time member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and an associate member of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) long history with the Communist Party USA (CPUSA)

Posted on October 13, 2010

Democratic Representative John Conyers U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan’s 14th district is seen in this video speaking to the Democratic Socialists of America. This was a meeting to energize the Socialist in attendance to organize and picket as a showing of support for the Progressive Democrats and their agendas.

Chicago is the Communist Paradise of the Midwest

“Communist Party USA Founding Convention”—Chicago, IL—Sept. 1 - 7, 1919

Chicago–Communist Paradise of the Midwest

Posted on December 12, 2013

By Al Benson Jr., Revised History

This is a reprint of an article I published on another blog spot in early 2010, however it seems that the other blog spot has chosen to remove my articles–without even notifying me.

How the Subversive Neoconservatives were Spawned - Fascinating!

See graphically where the Neoconservatives plug-in to our US Socialist History

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Max Shachtman: Progenitor of 3rd Camp & Neocons

by: Ralph Seliger on August 25th, 2012 

 

My vacation reading last month included a memoir of sorts (Early Companions: A Novella) by Werner Cohn, a retired professor of sociology with whom I’ve dialogued and argued over the years. It’s labelled as fiction because he disguises the identities of some people he writes about in short sections that relate to chapters in his life. In one, he discusses his years growing up as a Jew in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. In the second, he relates his brief time as a young member of a revolutionary socialist group in New York, headed by Max Shachtman.