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===Presidential election 1948===

===Presidential election 1948===

The [[Progressive Party]] of 1948 was a creation of the [[Communist Party]],<ref>Barry Loberfeld, "[http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=11398 The Real Meaning of "Progressive" Politics], FrontPageMagazine.com, September 28, 2004</ref> growing out of [[CPUSA]] General Secretary Eugene Dennis' February 12, 1946 order "to establish in time for the 1948 elections a national third party."<ref>Eugene Dennis, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=TafcYQEACAAJ What America Faces]'' (New York: New Century Publishers, 1946), pp. 37-38. Cf. Arthur Meier Schlesinger, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=yeoSSLzr-jAC The vital center: the politics of freedom]'' (Transaction Publishers, 1997) ISBN 1560009896, p. 115; Arthur Meier Schlesinger, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LLyNX6hMDCIC A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950]'' (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000) ISBN 0618219250, pp. 455-456; Karl M. Schmidt, ''[http://ia700307.us.archive.org/34/items/henryawallace006268mbp/henryawallace006268mbp.pdf Henry A. Wallace: Quixotic Crusade 1948]'' (Syracuse University Press, 1960), p. 265 (PDF p. 291)</ref> The Progressive Party's candidate for President was [[Henry Wallace]], one of [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s former [[Vice president|Vice Presidents]]. Wallace was reportedly "most impressed" with Soviet collective farming,<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Henry_Wallace.htm Henry Agard Wallace, 33rd Vice President (1941-1945)], Senate History, United States Senate</ref> and in 1933 had urged FDR to become a "farm dictator."<ref>"[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4061FF83C5C16738DDDAB0994DB405B838FF1D3 Roosevelt Is Urged to Ask Wide Power as 'Farm Dictator']," ''The New York Times'', March 12, 1933, p. 1</ref> Wallace said if he were to become President, he would appoint as Secretary of State the pro-Soviet [[Laurence Duggan]],<ref>Ethan Bronner, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/18/weekinreview/witching-hour-rethinking-mccarthyism-if-not-mccarthy.html?pagewanted=all WitchMay 9, 2008ing Hour; Rethinking McCarthyism, if Not McCarthy]," October 18, 1998</ref> now known to have been a Soviet agent.<ref>[http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/venona/1944/18nov_lawrence_duggan.pdf 1613 KGB New York to Moscow, 19 November 1944]</ref> Had [[FDR]] died 82 days earlier, Wallace would indeed have become President.<ref>William C. Martel, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZvWBQAAQBAJ Grand Strategy in Theory and Practice: The Need for an Effective American Foreign Policy]'' (Cambridge University Press, 2015) ISBN 1107082064, p. 472</ref> Wallace finally recanted his support for the [[Soviet Union]]<ref>Linda Rodriguez, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080512163401/https://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/05/09/almost.great.men/index.html A celebration of almost-great men], CNN.com, May 9, 2008</ref> in 1952.<ref>Henry Agard Wallace, “Where I Was Wrong.” ''This Week'', September 2, 1952</ref> In 1955, the [[SISS|Jenner subcommittee]] cited the Progressive Party on its list of [[subversive]] organizations, identified as a [[Communist front]].<ref>[http://www.joincalifornia.com/party/Independent%20Progressive Independent Progressive], joincalifornia.com</ref>

The [[Progressive Party]] of 1948 was a creation of the [[Communist Party]],<ref>Barry Loberfeld, "[http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=11398 The Real Meaning of "Progressive" Politics], FrontPageMagazine.com, September 28, 2004</ref> growing out of [[CPUSA]] General Secretary Eugene Dennis' February 12, 1946 order "to establish in time for the 1948 elections a national third party."<ref>Eugene Dennis, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=TafcYQEACAAJ What America Faces]'' (New York: New Century Publishers, 1946), pp. 37-38. Cf. Arthur Meier Schlesinger, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=yeoSSLzr-jAC The vital center: the politics of freedom]'' (Transaction Publishers, 1997) ISBN 1560009896, p. 115; Arthur Meier Schlesinger, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LLyNX6hMDCIC A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950]'' (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000) ISBN 0618219250, pp. 455-456; Karl M. Schmidt, ''[http://ia700307.us.archive.org/34/items/henryawallace006268mbp/henryawallace006268mbp.pdf Henry A. Wallace: Quixotic Crusade 1948]'' (Syracuse University Press, 1960), p. 265 (PDF p. 291)</ref> The Progressive Party's candidate for President was [[Henry Wallace]], one of [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s former [[Vice president|Vice Presidents]]. Wallace was reportedly "most impressed" with Soviet collective farming,<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Henry_Wallace.htm Henry Agard Wallace, 33rd Vice President (1941-1945)], Senate History, United States Senate</ref> and in 1933 had urged FDR to become a "farm dictator."<ref>"[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4061FF83C5C16738DDDAB0994DB405B838FF1D3 Roosevelt Is Urged to Ask Wide Power as 'Farm Dictator']," ''The New York Times'', March 12, 1933, p. 1</ref> Wallace said if he were to become President, he would appoint as Secretary of State the pro-Soviet [[Laurence Duggan]],<ref>Ethan Bronner, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/18/weekinreview/witching-hour-rethinking-mccarthyism-if-not-mccarthy.html?pagewanted=all WitchMay 9, 2008ing Hour; Rethinking McCarthyism, if Not McCarthy]," October 18, 1998</ref> now known to have been a Soviet agent.<ref>[http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/venona/1944/18nov_lawrence_duggan.pdf 1613 KGB New York to Moscow, 19 November 1944]</ref> Had [[FDR]] died 82 days earlier, Wallace would indeed have become President.<ref>William C. Martel, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZvWBQAAQBAJ Grand Strategy in Theory and Practice: The Need for an Effective American Foreign Policy]'' (Cambridge University Press, 2015) ISBN 1107082064, p. 472</ref> Wallace finally recanted his support for the [[Soviet Union]]<ref>Linda Rodriguez, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080512163401/https://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/05/09/almost.great.men/index.html A celebration of almost-great men], CNN.com, May 9, 2008</ref> in 1952.<ref>Henry Agard Wallace, “Where I Was Wrong.” ''This Week'', September 2, 1952</ref> In 1955, the [[SISS|Jenner subcommittee]] cited the Progressive Party on its list of [[subversive]] organizations, identified as a [[Communist front]].<ref>[http://www.joincalifornia.com/party/Independent%20Progressive Independent Progressive], joincalifornia.com</ref>

===Peoples Temple 1955-1978===

===Peoples Temple 1955-1978===

[[Jim Jones]] was the original founder of the "Rainbow Family" in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a term Jones used to refer to his family.<ref>Reiterman & Jacobs 1982, p. 65</ref><ref>https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=64933</ref> Jones and his wife adopted 3 [[Korea]]n children, a [[Native American]], and were the first white couple in [[Indiana]] to adopt an [[African American]] child.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/jonestown/sfeature/race.html "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - Race and the Peoples Temple".] PBS.org. February 20, 2007.</ref> Jones moved to [[San Francisco]] in 1970 and was deeply involved in the city's progressive politics.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3U1pA8keSw Jim Jones on gay marriage, women's rights, white privilege and other Progressive causes], youtube.</ref> Jones's [[Peoples Temple]] was instrumental in the election of Mayor [[George Moscone]], serving as campaign workers and busing in unregistered people to vote. Jones was rewarded with post of housing commissioner.  

[[Jim Jones]] was the original founder of the "[[Rainbow Coalition|Rainbow Family]]" in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a term Jones used to refer to his family.<ref>Reiterman & Jacobs 1982, p. 65</ref><ref>https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=64933</ref> Jones and his wife adopted 3 [[Korea]]n children, a [[Native American]], and were the first white couple in [[Indiana]] to adopt an [[African American]] child.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/jonestown/sfeature/race.html "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - Race and the Peoples Temple".] PBS.org. February 20, 2007.</ref> Jones moved to [[San Francisco]] in 1970 and was deeply involved in the city's progressive politics.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3U1pA8keSw Jim Jones on gay marriage, women's rights, white privilege and other Progressive causes], youtube.</ref> Jones's [[Peoples Temple]] was instrumental in the election of Mayor [[George Moscone]], serving as campaign workers and busing in unregistered people to vote. Jones was rewarded with post of housing commissioner.  

It was [[Kamala Harris]]'s mentor, [[Willie Brown]], who brought Jones in contact with the California [[Democratic party]].<ref>http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/</ref> From there, Jones become involved with the [[DNC]]. Willie Brown supported [[same-sex marriage]] as early as 1977. Jones publicly met with vice president candidate [[Walter Mondale]], and spoke at events with other leading Democrats at the San Francisco headquarters after the election in 1976, among them First Lady [[Rosalynn Carter]] and California governor [[Jerry Brown]].   

It was [[Kamala Harris]]'s mentor, [[Willie Brown]], who brought Jones in contact with the California [[Democratic party]].<ref>http://www.brasscheck.com/jonestown/</ref> From there, Jones become involved with the [[DNC]]. Willie Brown supported [[same-sex marriage]] as early as 1977. Jones publicly met with vice president candidate [[Walter Mondale]], and spoke at events with other leading Democrats at the San Francisco headquarters after the election in 1976, among them First Lady [[Rosalynn Carter]] and California governor [[Jerry Brown]].   

===Modern revival 2003 - ===

===Modern revival 2003 - ===

The term was revived in the early 21st century by [[politician]]s and media [[celebrities]] who considered traditional liberals too willing to compromise with moderates and conservatives. As such, the anti-democratic Marxist ideal of [[single party control]] was revived.  

The term was revived in the early 21st century by [[politician]]s and media [[celebrities]] who considered traditional liberals too willing to compromise with moderates and conservatives. As such, the anti-democratic Marxist ideal of [[single party control]] was revived.