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===CPC founders===

===CPC founders===

Once elected, Saunders was the founder of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]. Co-founders included House members [[Ron Dellums]], Lane Evans, Tom Andrews, [[Peter DeFazio]], and [[Maxine Waters]].

Once elected, Sanders was the founder of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]. Co-founders included House members [[Ron Dellums]], Lane Evans, Tom Andrews, [[Peter DeFazio]], and [[Maxine Waters]].

Since 1998 the Progressive Caucus has held its own Progressive State of the Union. Attendees and speakers include [[Tammy Baldwin]] [D-WI], John Cavanagh co-director of the Institute for Policy Studies, [[John Conyers]] [D-MI], Peter DeFazio [D-OR], Karen Dolan,  Coordinator Institute for Policy Studies,  Earl Hilliard  [D-AL],  Maurice Hinchey [D-NY],  [[Stephanie Tubbs Jones]] [D-OH],  [[Barbara Lee]],  [D-CA],  [[Jerrold Nadler]] [D-NY],  [[Grace Napolitano]] [D-CA],  [[Major Owens]]  [D-NY],  Bernie Sanders,  [I-VT],  [[Jan Schakowsky]],  [D-IL], House Minority Whip David Bonior (D-MI), [[Dennis Kucinich]] (D-OH); [[Cynthia McKinney]] (D-GA); and [[Lynn Woolsey]](D-CA).<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/news2000/0126-103.htm Common Dreams, Progressive Groups And Congressional Caucus To Present Their Third Annual Alternative State Of The Union Address, JANUARY 26, 2000]</ref><ref>[https://www.c-span.org/video/?118893-1/progressive-state-union-address CSPAN, JANUARY 19, 1999 Progressive State of the Union Address]</ref>

Since 1998 the Progressive Caucus has held its own Progressive State of the Union. Attendees and speakers include [[Tammy Baldwin]] [D-WI], John Cavanagh co-director of the Institute for Policy Studies, [[John Conyers]] [D-MI], Peter DeFazio [D-OR], Karen Dolan,  Coordinator Institute for Policy Studies,  Earl Hilliard  [D-AL],  Maurice Hinchey [D-NY],  [[Stephanie Tubbs Jones]] [D-OH],  [[Barbara Lee]],  [D-CA],  [[Jerrold Nadler]] [D-NY],  [[Grace Napolitano]] [D-CA],  [[Major Owens]]  [D-NY],  Bernie Sanders,  [I-VT],  [[Jan Schakowsky]],  [D-IL], House Minority Whip David Bonior (D-MI), [[Dennis Kucinich]] (D-OH); [[Cynthia McKinney]] (D-GA); and [[Lynn Woolsey]](D-CA).<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/news2000/0126-103.htm Common Dreams, Progressive Groups And Congressional Caucus To Present Their Third Annual Alternative State Of The Union Address, JANUARY 26, 2000]</ref><ref>[https://www.c-span.org/video/?118893-1/progressive-state-union-address CSPAN, JANUARY 19, 1999 Progressive State of the Union Address]</ref>

===Communist background===

===Communist background===

Im 1963  Saunders spent time at a commune with the Hashomer Hatzair movement in [[Israel]]. The movement was a Marxist organization founded in 1913 and saw the Soviet Union as a model, and often flew the Red Flag at events.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/us/politics/bernie-sanders-kibbutz.html?_r=0 Bernie Sanders’s Kibbutz Found. Surprise: It’s Socialist], By STEVEN ERLANGER. ''[[New York Times]]'', FEB. 5, 2016.</ref> The commune's founder eulogized [[Joseph Stalin]]'s death , writing how shocked he and his comrades were, {{quotebox|"to hear of the terrible tragedy that has befallen the nations of the Soviet Union, the world proletariat and all of [[progressive]] mankind, upon the death of the great leader and extolled commander, Josef Vissarionovich Stalin. We lower our flag in grief in memory of the great revolutionary fighter, architect of socialist construction, and leader of the world's peace movement. His huge historical achievements will guide generations in their march towards the reign of socialism and [[communism]] the world over."}} [[Noam Chomsky]] wrote that he was fairly close to "Hashomer Hatzair, but couldn't join because it was split between Stalinists and [[Trotskyite]]s."<ref>''Al Hamishmar'', the movement's paper, had a headline which read, "The Progressive World Mourns the Death of J.V. Stalin/" [http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/261724/bernie-sanders-spent-months-marxist-stalinist-daniel-greenfield#.VrPxsICO11M.Facebook BERNIE SANDERS SPENT MONTHS AT MARXIST-STALINIST KIBBUTZ], Daniel Greenfield, '' Frontpage,'', February 4, 2016.</ref>

Im 1963  Sanders spent time at a commune with the Hashomer Hatzair movement in [[Israel]]. The movement was a Marxist organization founded in 1913 and saw the Soviet Union as a model, and often flew the Red Flag at events.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/us/politics/bernie-sanders-kibbutz.html?_r=0 Bernie Sanders’s Kibbutz Found. Surprise: It’s Socialist], By STEVEN ERLANGER. ''[[New York Times]]'', FEB. 5, 2016.</ref> The commune's founder eulogized [[Joseph Stalin]]'s death , writing how shocked he and his comrades were, {{quotebox|"to hear of the terrible tragedy that has befallen the nations of the Soviet Union, the world proletariat and all of [[progressive]] mankind, upon the death of the great leader and extolled commander, Josef Vissarionovich Stalin. We lower our flag in grief in memory of the great revolutionary fighter, architect of socialist construction, and leader of the world's peace movement. His huge historical achievements will guide generations in their march towards the reign of socialism and [[communism]] the world over."}} [[Noam Chomsky]] wrote that he was fairly close to "Hashomer Hatzair, but couldn't join because it was split between Stalinists and [[Trotskyite]]s."<ref>''Al Hamishmar'', the movement's paper, had a headline which read, "The Progressive World Mourns the Death of J.V. Stalin/" [http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/261724/bernie-sanders-spent-months-marxist-stalinist-daniel-greenfield#.VrPxsICO11M.Facebook BERNIE SANDERS SPENT MONTHS AT MARXIST-STALINIST KIBBUTZ], Daniel Greenfield, '' Frontpage,'', February 4, 2016.</ref>

===Accusations of draft dodging===

===Accusations of draft dodging===