White_Male_Canada
11-08-2006, 08:03 PM
From San Francisco,Pelosi is a member of the Progressive Caucus.
A Radical caucus of more than 50 members of the House of Representatives .
Until 1999, worked in open partnership with Democratic Socialists of America.
The Progressive Caucus is an organization of Members of Congress founded in 1991 by Bernie Sanders , the former socialist mayor of Burlington and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which describes itself as "the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International."
The Progressive Caucus crafted its "Progressive Promise"
http://bernie.house.gov/documents/Progressive_caucus_AllinOne.pdf
A document, which advocates socialized medicine; radical environmentalism; the redistribution of wealth; the elimination of numerous provisions of the Patriot Act; dramatic reductions in the government's intelligence-gathering capabilities, debt relief for poor countries; and the quick withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq ala south Vietnam.
The USA just elected it`s first Socialist female speaker of the House of Representatives.
A Radical caucus of more than 50 members of the House of Representatives .
Until 1999, worked in open partnership with Democratic Socialists of America.
The Progressive Caucus is an organization of Members of Congress founded in 1991 by Bernie Sanders , the former socialist mayor of Burlington and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which describes itself as "the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International."
The Progressive Caucus crafted its "Progressive Promise"
http://bernie.house.gov/documents/Progressive_caucus_AllinOne.pdf
A document, which advocates socialized medicine; radical environmentalism; the redistribution of wealth; the elimination of numerous provisions of the Patriot Act; dramatic reductions in the government's intelligence-gathering capabilities, debt relief for poor countries; and the quick withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq ala south Vietnam.
The USA just elected it`s first Socialist female speaker of the House of Representatives.