There is no doubt that the Democrat Party has morphed in to Socialist ideology, and those that know anything about political ideologies understand this to be true. A sane and educated person would not argue the fact.
Socialism is a funny thing because it encompasses a lot. Communism is actually socialism. A more extreme version, but it is technically socialism. So is fascism, but then I don’t need to tell you these things because for the most part, the readers here are intelligent and educated. We also know that “Progressive” is actually socialist. It falls under the big socialist umbrella, and here in the United States, particularly in congress, socialist is a bad word that has been repackaged as progressive. Just like global warming was repackaged as climate change.
So let’s take a look at the socialist wing of the Democrat Party that is 75 members strong hiding behind the term, “progressive,” known as the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and their ties to the Communist Party USA and other socialist groups.
- Socialist wing of the Democratic Party
- Consists of 75 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
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 April 2011, CPC consisted of 74 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). Read the full story at Discover The Networks
What did I tell you? All Democrats. They are what they are. And they aren’t the party of JFK any more.