How Red is the Progressive Caucus?
By Chuck Morse, www.chuckmorse.com, chuckm@chuckmorse.com The Congressmen of the Progressive Caucus maintain a fig leaf of deniability regarding their Socialist orientation. Rather than calling themselves socialists, with all that label implies, members of the caucus along with their affiliates, the Democratic Socialists of America and the Institute of Policy Studies, prefer to hide behind euphemisms like “progressive” or non-partisan think tank. The fraud is furthered by the strange silence of both political parties and the mainstream media. The DSA is the American branch of the Socialist International, an organization that spearheads openly socialist parties in countries with totalitarian traditions. The logo of both the DSA and the Socialist International is a communist fist clenched around a red rose. The Progressive Caucus logo is two giant hands holding the entire planet in its clutches, something that must be seen to be believed. When crafting legislation, the caucus looks to th