{"id":5754,"date":"2011-08-08T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T20:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2011-08-08T16:37:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T20:37:19","slug":"socialists-in-congress-with-ties-to-communist-party-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/08\/socialists-in-congress-with-ties-to-communist-party-usa.html","title":{"rendered":"Socialists in Congress with Ties to Communist Party USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/discoverthenetworks.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=caa6f67f1482e6214d83be62d&amp;id=63d6b8101a&amp;e=8684aaf3d4\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">75 Socialists in Congress<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>By Discover The Networks, A Guide to the Political Left<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.frontpagemag.com\/2011\/08\/6a00d8341bf80c53ef014e8775e419970d-320wi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"192\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reps. Raul Grijalva and Keith Ellison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 75-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, co-chaired by Reps. Raul Grijalva and Keith Ellison, is closely allied with the Democratic Socialists of America.\u00a0The\u00a0Communist Party USA\u00a0identifies\u00a0Progressive Caucus members as its \u201callies in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"15\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"55%\">Rep.\u00a0 Raul Grijalva (co-chair)<br \/>\n1511 Longworth HOB<br \/>\nWashington, DC 20515Rep.\u00a0 Keith Ellison (co-chair)<br \/>\n1027 Longworth HOB<br \/>\nWashington, DC 20515<br \/>\nURL:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cpc.grijalva.house.gov\/\">Website<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"45%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/images\/newsmallershape.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/Thinkmap%20SDK%202.5%20Standard%20Edition\/webapp\/TM-1VER\/index.asp?keyword=Congressional%20Progressive%20Caucus%20(CPC)\" target=\"_new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/images\/visual89.jpg\" alt=\"Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC)'s Visual Map\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<table cellpadding=\"15\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: verdana;font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana;font-size: x-small\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Socialist wing of the Democratic Party<\/li>\n<li>Consists of 76 Members of Congress<\/li>\n<li>Has close ties to the Institute for Policy Studies and the Democratic Socialists of America<\/li>\n<li>Has ties to the Communist Party USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=2266\">Bernie Sanders<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6428\">Democratic Socialists of America<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1301\">Current Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) was founded in 1991 by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=2266\">Bernie Sanders<\/a>, a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitalresearch.org\/pubs\/pdf\/v1185994521.pdf\">self-identified socialist<\/a>\u00a0who had recently been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Sanders&#8217; CPC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4strategies.com\/whoarethesocialists.pdf\">co-founders<\/a>\u00a0included House members Ron Dellums,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1513\">Lane Evans<\/a>, Thomas Andrews,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1314\">Peter DeFazio<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1264\">Maxine Waters<\/a>. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6991\">Institute for Policy Studies<\/a>\u00a0(IPS) was also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/keywiki.org\/index.php\/Progressive_Caucus\">involved<\/a>\u00a0in CPC&#8217;s founding and in Caucus activities thereafter; IPS\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ips-dc.org\/about\/history\">continues to advise<\/a>\u00a0CPC on various matters to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Another\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagodsa.org\/ngarchive\/ng56.html#anchor1041720\">key player<\/a>\u00a0in establishing CPC was the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6428\">Democratic Socialists of America<\/a>(DSA), which has maintained a close\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kincaidsite.com\/dsa\/\">alliance<\/a>\u00a0with the Caucus ever since. In 1997, DSA&#8217;s political director, Chris Riddiough,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagodsa.org\/ngarchive\/ng51.html#anchor380586\">organized a meeting<\/a>\u00a0with CPC leaders to discuss how the two groups might be able to \u201cunite our forces on a common agenda.\u201d Among\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagodsa.org\/ngarchive\/ng51.html#anchor380586\">those<\/a>\u00a0who\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/keywiki.org\/index.php\/Progressive_Caucus#cite_ref-13\">participated<\/a>\u00a0in the meeting were Bernie Sanders, labor leader<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1630\">Richard Trumka<\/a>, professor\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1232\">Noam Chomsky<\/a>, feminist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1332\">Patricia Ireland<\/a>, Rev.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=687\">Jesse Jackson<\/a>, Senator Paul Wellstone, journalist William Greider, and the socialist author<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1058\">Barbara Ehrenreich<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in 1997, CPC\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/keywiki.org\/index.php\/Progressive_Caucus#cite_ref-13\">worked closely<\/a>\u00a0with the newly launched \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/keywiki.org\/index.php\/Progressive_Challenge\">Progressive Challenge<\/a>, a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1303\">coalition<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/19981205014229\/http:\/\/www.ips-dc.org\/\">more than 100 leftist organizations<\/a>\u00a0that sought to unite their activities and objectives under a &#8220;multi-issue progressive agenda.&#8221; To view a list of many of the major groups that co-sponsored the Progressive Challenge,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1303\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On November 11, 1999, CPC drafted a vital\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanevents.com\/article.php?id=19757\" target=\"_blank\">Position Paper on economic inequality<\/a>, which called for \u201clegislative initiatives\u201d to combat the \u201cincome and wealth disparities\u201d that \u201cdistor[t] our democracy, destabiliz[e] the economy, and erod[e] our social and cultural fabric.\u201d Lamenting that \u201ctwo and a half decades of government policies and rules governing the economy\u201d had been \u201ctilted in favor of large asset owners at the expense of wage earners,\u201d the document derided the \u201cpro-investor bias\u201d of America&#8217;s existing \u201ctax policy, trade policy, monetary policy, [and] government regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2005 CPC spelled out its political agendas in what would become its signature document, the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/cpc.grijalva.house.gov\/index.cfm?sectionid=63&amp;sectiontree=2,63\">Progressive Promise<\/a>.\u201d 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 &amp; Energy Independence. Under the rubric of these items fall a number of additional key CPC objectives, such as these:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana;font-size: x-small\">\u25cf &#8220;To uphold the right to universal access to affordable, high-quality healthcare for all.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u25cf\u00a0&#8220;To \u2026 create new jobs in the U.S. by building more affordable housing, re-building America\u2019s schools and physical infrastructure, cleaning up our environment, and improving homeland security.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u25cf &#8220;To ensure [that] working families can live above the poverty line and with dignity by raising and indexing the minimum wage.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u25cf &#8220;To sunset expiring provisions of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/guideDesc.asp?catid=101&amp;type=issue\">Patriot Act<\/a>\u00a0and bring remaining provisions into line with the U.S. Constitution.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u25cf &#8220;To fight corporate consolidation of the media and ensure opportunity for all voices to be heard&#8221;\u2014essentially a plan for purging conservative voices from the airwaves by means of the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=557\">Fairness Doctrine<\/a>&#8221; or adherence to the principles of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=557\">localism<\/a>.\u201d<br \/>\n\u25cf &#8220;To bring U. S. troops home from Iraq as soon as possible.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u25cf &#8220;To encourage debt relief for poor countries&#8221; as outlined in the United Nations<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmillenniumproject.org\/press\/07.htm\">Millennium Project<\/a>, a massive redistributive scheme calling for the governments of wealthy countries to commit 0.7% of their GNP to promoting \u201cthe economic development and welfare of developing countries.\u201d<br \/>\n\u25cf &#8220;To free ourselves and our economy from dependence upon imported oil and shift to growing reliance upon renewable energy supplies and technologies.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u25cf To \u201celiminate [the] environmental threat posed by global warming,\u201d an objective that may be accomplished by increased emphasis on \u201csolar, biomass, and wind power.\u201d<br \/>\n\u25cf &#8220;To promote environmental justice,&#8221; a term founded on the premise that hazardous-waste landfills and pollution-emitting industries tend to be situated disproportionately near minority neighborhoods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A 2002 report by Joelle Fishman, chair of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7511\">Communist Party USA<\/a>&#8216;s Political Action Committee,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/keywiki.org\/index.php\/Progressive_Caucus#cite_ref-17\">stated<\/a>\u00a0that the Progressive Caucus \u201cprovides an important lever that can be used to advance workers&#8217; issues and move the debate to the left in every Congressional District in the country.\u201d In a 2010 CPUSA report, Party member David Bell identified Progressive Caucus members as his organization&#8217;s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpusa.org\/convention-discussion-what-can-we-learn-from-the-movement-for-health-care-reform\/\">allies in Congress<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of April 2011, CPC\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cpc.grijalva.house.gov\/index.cfm?sectionid=71&amp;sectiontree=2,71\">consisted<\/a>\u00a0of 74 members of the House of Representatives\u2014all of them leftist Democrats\u2014and one U.S. Senator (Bernie Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats). For a comprehensive list of all 75 CPC members,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1301\">click here<\/a>. For a list of noteworthy former members who left the Caucus prior to April 2011,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1302\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on CPC,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1311\">click here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"white\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"60%\">This is an alphabetical list of all\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cpc.grijalva.house.gov\/index.cfm?sectionid=71&amp;sectiontree=2,71\">members<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6497\">Congressional Progressive Caucus<\/a>(CPC) as of April 2011:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1319\">Tammy Baldwin<\/a>, Karen Bass, Xavier Becerra, Earl Blumenauer, Robert Brady,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1249\">Corrine Brown<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1515\">Michael Capuano<\/a>, Andre Carson, Donna Christensen, Judy Chu, David Cicilline, Yvette Clarke,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1323\">William &#8220;Lacy&#8221; Clay<\/a>, Emanuel Cleaver, Steve Cohen,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1987\">John Conyers<\/a>, Elijah Cummings, Danny Davis,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1314\">Peter DeFazio<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1315\">Rosa DeLauro<\/a>, Donna Edwards,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=2158\">Keith Ellison<\/a>\u00a0(co-chair),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1512\">Sam Farr<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1268\">Chaka Fattah<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1317\">Bob Filner<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=2384\">Barney Frank<\/a>, Marcia Fudge,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1316\">Ra\u00fal Grijalva<\/a>\u00a0(co-chair),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1265\">Luis Gutierrez<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1762\">Maurice Hinchey<\/a>, Mazie Hirono, Michael Honda,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1758\">Jesse Jackson Jr.<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=981\">Sheila Jackson-Lee<\/a>, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Hank Johnson (whip),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1250\">Marcy Kaptur<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=630\">Dennis Kucinich<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=936\">Barbara Lee<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1302\">John Lewis<\/a>, David Loebsack, Ben Ray Lujan, Carolyn Maloney, Ed Markey,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1199\">Jim McDermott<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1507\">James McGovern<\/a>, George Miller, Gwen Moore, Jim Moran,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1986\">Jerrold Nadler<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1955\">Eleanor Holmes Norton<\/a>, John Olver, Frank Pallone,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1765\">Ed Pastor<\/a>, Donald Payne, Chellie Pingree, Jared Polis,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=2085\">Charles Rangel<\/a>, Laura Richardson, Lucille Roybal-Allard,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1198\">Bobby Rush<\/a>, Linda Sanchez,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=2266\">Bernie Sanders<\/a>\u00a0(CPC&#8217;s lone Senator),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1506\">Jan Schakowsky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1351\">Jose Serrano<\/a>, Louise Slaughter,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1266\">Pete Stark<\/a>, Bennie Thompson, John Tierney,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1350\">Nydia Velazquez<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1264\">Maxine Waters<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1267\">Mel Watt<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=2283\">Henry Waxman<\/a>, Peter Welch, Frederica Wilson, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/individualProfile.asp?indid=1148\">Lynn Woolsey<\/a>.For a list of noteworthy former members who left the CPC prior to April 2011,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1302\">click here<\/a>.Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1301\">http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1301<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6497&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fpmdtn+%28FrontPage+Magazine+%C2%BB+Discover+the+Networks%29\">http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6497&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fpmdtn+%28FrontPage+Magazine+%C2%BB+Discover+the+Networks%29<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>75 Socialists in Congress By Discover The Networks, A Guide to the Political Left &nbsp; The 75-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, co-chaired by Reps. 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